Incident date: 2018-08-27
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was using a walk-behind mower equipped with a velkie to mow a parking lot island. He stopped the mower to wait for someone to park. He was then attempting to move away from the mower when the machine started to spin, striking and throwing him to the ground. He was hospitalized with a fractured right femur and right ankle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Mowing machinery, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
severity: moderate