Incident date: 2023-10-17
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was operating a stand-on mower down a hill when the mower started sliding. The employee jumped off the mower and fell to the ground. Their hand was cut by the mower blade, resulting in a laceration and a thumb amputation.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Lawn mowers-riding
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high