# Amputations at Backyard Paradise Landscaping, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2016098478` · 9/8/2016 · HUDSON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Saws-powered, except chainsaws
## Employer
- **Name:** Backyard Paradise Landscaping, LLC.
- **Location:** 433 Jordyn Lane, HUDSON, WISCONSIN, 54016
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a stake with a skill saw when the saw amputated about one inch of his right index finger.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*