Incident date: 2023-05-18
NAICS industry code: 325110

An employee was operating a zero-turn lawn mower over a dike when the vehicle crushed the employee's shin between a concrete pillar and the mower deck. The employee sustained a tibia and fibula fracture as well as a severe laceration. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
code_source: title: Lawn mowers-riding
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate