# Amputations at Lewis Tree Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015107603` · 10/12/2015 · NEWBERRY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Chippers
## Employer
- **Name:** Lewis Tree Services, Inc.
- **Location:** 12208 SW 9th Ave, NEWBERRY, FLORIDA, 32669
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee got his right hand caught in the brush that was feeding into the chipper. His right hand went into the feed wheel and was amputated above the wrist.

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