Incident date: 2019-06-19
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee reached down to check the lawn mower tire while the mower was running. The lawn mower blade lacerated his left ring finger and fractured the left middle finger that resulted in the amputation of the distal phalanx.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Lawn mowers-riding
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high