# Amputations at South Shore Lawn Service Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017067173` · 6/20/2017 · MERRICK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Spraying and dusting machinery-agricultural
## Employer
- **Name:** South Shore Lawn Service Inc.
- **Location:** 1670 Michalicki Pl, MERRICK, NEW YORK, 11566
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was spraying bushes with a spray applicator. The equipment malfunctioned. While troubleshooting the equipment, the employee amputated the middle fingertip in the pulley and fan blade.

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