# Amputations at SOUTH SEAS ISLAND RESORT
> OSHA SIR `2015085408` · 8/4/2015 · CAPTIVA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Entangled in other object or equipment
- **Source:** Ropes, ties, chains, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** SOUTH SEAS ISLAND RESORT
- **Location:** 5400 PLANTATION ROAD, CAPTIVA, FLORIDA, 33971
- **NAICS:** 721110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had a piece of weed eater cord tied around his left thumb while driving a golf cart. The weed eater string became entangled in the wheel of the golf cart, causing a partial amputation of his left thumb below the fingernail.

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