# Amputations at Gerlach's Property Maintenance, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017076891` · 7/24/2017 · ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Lawn mowers-nonriding, powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Gerlach's Property Maintenance, LLC
- **Location:** 6400 Peach Street, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16509
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was mowing a lawn on a slope using a push mower when it slipped and went over the employee's right foot. The mower blades went through the employee's steel-toed boot and cut the middle toe on the employee's right foot. The tip of the employee's middle toe was amputated at the hospital.

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