# Amputations at Shining Green Landscaping Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022043124` · 4/8/2022 · ORLANDO, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Lawn mowers-riding
- **Secondary source:** Nails, brads, tacks, nuts, bolts, washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Shining Green Landscaping Inc.
- **Location:** 6948 Venture Circle, ORLANDO, FLORIDA, 32807
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning debris off a riding mower so it could go to the mechanic for maintenance. He was about to blow debris out of the hydraulic area when a nut fell into the hydraulic system. As the employee reached to retrieve the nut, the hydraulic pulley partially amputated the middle and ring fingers on his left hand.

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