# Amputations at Pearl River Resort
> OSHA SIR `2018055088` · 5/24/2018 · CHOCTAW, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Mowing machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Pearl River Resort
- **Location:** 13541 Highway 16, CHOCTAW, MISSISSIPPI, 39350
- **NAICS:** 713910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing a lawnmower. The mower was running, and its belt caught their right middle finger.

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