Incident date: 2018-01-16
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was pushing a large lawn mower to hitch it to a tractor. His hand was on the mower's hitch when the mower moved, fracturing and partially amputating his left ring finger and cutting his middle finger. His ring and middle fingernails had to be surgically removed.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
code_source: title: Lawn mowers-riding
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high