Incident date: 2019-08-27
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was operating a stand-up mower when the side cover on the deck hit a rock and the blades turned off. The employee's hand entered the deck when the still-moving blades severed a right-hand fingertip to the bone and caused a deep tissue cut.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
code_source: title: Lawn mowers-nonriding, powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Fingertip(s)
severity: high