Incident date: 2019-07-18
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was operating a push mower. While pushing the mower under playground equipment, his finger got caught between the mower's handle and a bar on the playground equipment. The employee sustained a partial amputation of the left index finger.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
code_source: title: Lawn mowers-nonriding, powered
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high