Incident date: 2022-05-23
NAICS industry code: 713910

An employee was mowing the fairways on a golf course using a triplex mower and noticed the reels of the mower were not cutting the grass properly. The employee got off the mower and saw that the reels were covered in grass. The employee tried to clear the grass using their gloved right hand and the glove got caught on the reel blades. The employee sustained lacerations to their right index and middle fingers later resulting in amputation of the index finger and the partial paralyzation of the right middle finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Lawn mowers-riding
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high