# Amputations at Tree Top Nursery & Landscape Inc
> OSHA SIR `2018077351` · 7/20/2018 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway collision with object other than vehicle, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Lawn mowers-riding
- **Secondary source:** Trees, logs, limbs, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tree Top Nursery & Landscape Inc
- **Location:** Corner of Wilson Estates PKWY, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67206
- **NAICS:** 541320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was mowing turf using a stand up riding mower when he struck a surface root and the mover overturned. He was hospitalized for severe damage to muscle and tissues of the arm and amputation of the right ring finger.

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