# Amputations at Texscape Services
> OSHA SIR `2022098291` · 9/20/2022 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
- **Source:** Lawn mowers-riding
## Employer
- **Name:** Texscape Services
- **Location:** 14100 Rio Bonito Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77083
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was dismounting a riding lawnmower to remove a plastic bucket that was in the path of travel. The blades continued to rotate and the employee lost her footing. The lawnmower struck her left leg causing severe lacerations. The employee was hospitalized and her leg was medically amputated from three-to-four inches below the knee.

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