Incident date: 2022-09-20
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was dismounting a riding lawnmower to remove a plastic bucket that was in the path of travel. The blades continued to rotate and the employee lost her footing. The lawnmower struck her left leg causing severe lacerations. The employee was hospitalized and her leg was medically amputated from three-to-four inches below the knee.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle
code_source: title: Lawn mowers-riding
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: high