# Amputations at Elbers Landscape Service Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019043826` · 4/15/2019 · BUFFALO, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Mowing machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Elbers Landscape Service Inc.
- **Location:** 660 Grider Street, BUFFALO, NEW YORK, 14215
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a lawn mower deck on a forklift. While the employee was adjusting the deck, his left ring finger was pinched and cut. Part of the fingertip was amputated.

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