# Amputations involving bone loss at Grasshopper Gardens, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025021440` · 2/13/2025 · WILTON, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Other agricultural and garden machinery
- **Secondary source:** Augers  except conveyor
## Employer
- **Name:** Grasshopper Gardens, Inc.
- **Location:** 135 North Rd., WILTON, NEW YORK, 12831
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working to remove snow from a commercial site when his snowblower became clogged. He shut down the machine and went to remove a blockage from the machine using a small shovel when the auger blades started and his arm was pulled into the machine. The employee's arm was amputated.

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