# Amputations at Morton's Landscape Development Company
> OSHA SIR `2022109035` · 10/14/2022 · COLUMBIA STATION, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Morton's Landscape Development Company
- **Location:** 27757 Caple Rd., COLUMBIA STATION, OHIO, 44028
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 11:00 a.m. on October 14, 2022, an employee was using a blower to blow straw. The chain inside the drum of the blower struck the employee's hand, amputating part of the thumb.

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