# Amputations at RICK ROBERT'S LAWN SERVICE, INC
> OSHA SIR `2019088908` · 8/27/2019 · FORT MYERS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Fingertip(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Lawn mowers-nonriding, powered
## Employer
- **Name:** RICK ROBERT'S LAWN SERVICE, INC
- **Location:** Legends Golf Contry CLub-Comerset Brittania Drive, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, 33912
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a stand-up mower when the side cover on the deck hit a rock and the blades turned off. The employee's hand entered the deck when the still-moving blades severed a right-hand fingertip to the bone and caused a deep tissue cut.

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