Incident date: 2019-06-28
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was inspecting a mower when his hand went under the deck and made contact with the blade, resulting in amputations of the right-hand index, middle, and ring fingers at the middle phalanges. The mower was running at the time of the incident.

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: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
severity: high