Incident date: 2024-08-15
NAICS industry code: 921190

An employee was operating a zero-turn lawn mower. He was approaching a pipe gate when the mower got stuck on some large rocks. The employee applied more gas to the  lawn mower and the mower went forward off a rock. The mower deck then went under the gate and the employee's right leg struck the pipe gate. The employee sustained a fractured right tibia requiring hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
code_source: title: Lawn mower  riding
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate