# Amputations at CAMBRIDGE LANDSCAPE CO., INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018055051` · 5/24/2018 · WESTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Lawn mowers-nonriding, powered
## Employer
- **Name:** CAMBRIDGE LANDSCAPE CO., INC.
- **Location:** 265 Country Dr., WESTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02493
- **NAICS:** 541320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were mowing and trimming grass. While one employee was holding a mower's rear push bar, another employee lifted the front of the mower to carry it down four or five steps. While the employee was holding the front of the mower, his left ring finger came in contact with the spinning blade amputating the fingertip.

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