Incident date: 2021-04-09
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was operating a zero-turn commercial lawn mower when they were thrown from the  mower and their left leg became caught in the rotating blade. The employee's left leg was amputated mid-calf.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from and struck by same vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Lawn mowers-riding
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: high