Incident date: 2015-11-06
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was mowing a townhouse property when the mower became clogged. He attempted to remove leaves from the shoot with his hands. The mower was still running at the time. He sustained a partial middle finger amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Lawn mowers-riding
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high