# Amputations at CEDAR PARK CEMETERY
> OSHA SIR `2019066164` · 6/19/2019 · PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Lawn mowers-riding
## Employer
- **Name:** CEDAR PARK CEMETERY
- **Location:** 735 FOREST AVENUE, PARAMUS, NEW JERSEY, 07652
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee reached down to check the lawn mower tire while the mower was running. The lawn mower blade lacerated his left ring finger and fractured the left middle finger that resulted in the amputation of the distal phalanx.

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