# Amputations at Sandbox Boyz LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017021661` · 2/20/2017 · NAVARRE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Lawn edgers, clippers, trimmers-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Sandbox Boyz LLC
- **Location:** 2 Paradise Point Drive, NAVARRE, FLORIDA, 32566
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming bushes at a jobsite. As he was attempting to grab a hedge lopper, he grabbed the bottom of the tool and hit the trigger. The blade then amputated his left ring fingertip.

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