Incident date: 2025-08-06
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was mowing a common area at a shopping center using a stand-on mower when the mower hit a rut and he fell off. His right hand made contact with the mower deck's blades as he fell, resulting in an amputation of the middle finger and an injury to the thumb that required hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision  fall or jump from and struck by moving vehicle
code_source: title: Lawn mower  riding
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high