# Amputations at Yellowstone Landscape, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021087221` · 8/24/2021 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by powered vehicle-nontransport, unspecified
- **Source:** Lawn mowers-riding
## Employer
- **Name:** Yellowstone Landscape, LLC
- **Location:** Sims Bayou Walking Trails, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77048
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a riding mower when it got caught in a tree branch. The employee had to lower the roll-over protection. Its hinge caught his left thumb and amputated the tip.

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