# Amputations at Sears Auto Center
> OSHA SIR `20171010103` · 10/20/2017 · DEPTFORD, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Mowing machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sears Auto Center
- **Location:** 1750 Deptford Center Road, DEPTFORD, NEW JERSEY, 08096
- **NAICS:** 441310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a lawn mower by adjusting the carburetor when the mower ran over his hand and amputated three fingers. The mower was running at the time.

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