# Amputations at Sitarz Landscaping & Maintenance Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181212757` · 12/12/2018 · GENEVA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified
- **Source:** Mowing machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Sitarz Landscaping & Maintenance Inc.
- **Location:** 33 W. 730 Reed Rd., GENEVA, ILLINOIS, 60134
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a lawn mower onto a work trailer. His right index and middle fingers were amputated when his right hand went underneath the motor of the mower.

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