# Amputations at Dillard Store Services, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2022042982` · 4/4/2022 · LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Lawn mowers-nonriding, powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Dillard Store Services, Inc
- **Location:** 1600 Cantrell Rd, LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, 72201
- **NAICS:** 551114
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 4, 2022, at 9:00 a.m., the injured employee was training another employee on how to adjust the deck height on a gas-powered push mower. A switch was engaged and caused the mower blade to strike the injured employee s left hand causing an amputation to the middle finger and a laceration to the ring finger. The laceration required stitches and the middle finger was reattached.

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