# Amputations at Lewis Tree Service
> OSHA SIR `2021020972` · 2/4/2021 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Wire, cables-nonelectrical
- **Secondary source:** Chippers
## Employer
- **Name:** Lewis Tree Service
- **Location:** 3800 S. Bumby Ave., ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32806
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was feeding tree trimmings into the chipper when a 3/8 inch metal wire hidden in the trimmings got pulled into the drum of the chipper. The wire swung with a force that amputated the employee's leg.

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