# Amputations at August Corso Sons, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020109449` · 10/5/2020 · SANDUSKY, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Toes(s), toenail(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Lawn mowers-riding
## Employer
- **Name:** August Corso Sons, Inc.
- **Location:** 2800 Columbus Road, SANDUSKY, OHIO, 44870
- **NAICS:** 111422
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On October 5, 2020,  a mower operator was trying to make contact with the injured employee. The injured employee was walking toward the mower operator and stepped on the plastic chute on the zero turn mower deck. The mower turned and the injured employee's foot struck the moving blades causing the amputation of a toe.

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