Incident date: 2021-06-01
NAICS industry code: 811411

An employee was repairing a battery-powered lawnmower . As the employee lifted the mower to look underneath, the mower energized. The blades struck the employee's left hand resulting in the amputation of the middle, ring, and pinky fingers.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Mowing machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high