# Amputations at NICKS' LANDSCAPING & TREE SERVICE, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018011043` · 1/31/2018 · NORTHFIELD, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **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:** Chippers
## Employer
- **Name:** NICKS' LANDSCAPING & TREE SERVICE, INC.
- **Location:** 169 West Island Road, NORTHFIELD, OHIO, 44067
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was greasing the bearing on a wood chipper when his left hand was caught in the fan, amputating four fingers. The wood chipper was running and the fan was unguarded at the time.

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