Incident date: 2025-06-07
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was operating a handheld string trimmer at the top of a slope near a road. He slipped on wet grass and fell down the slope. A passing zero-turn lawn mower ran over his left foot, amputating it. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Lawn mower  riding
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Ankle(s)
severity: high