Incident date: 2015-06-26
NAICS industry code: 111940

An employee was mowing the lawn when an object became tangled in the mower blade. When the employee attempted to remove the object, his right index finger was amputated. The mower was not turned off at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Mowing machinery, unspecified
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high