Incident date: 2022-04-08
NAICS industry code: 561730

An employee was cleaning debris off a riding mower so it could go to the mechanic for maintenance. He was about to blow debris out of the hydraulic area when a nut fell into the hydraulic system. As the employee reached to retrieve the nut, the hydraulic pulley partially amputated the middle and ring fingers on his left hand.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Lawn mowers-riding
code_nature: title: Amputations
code_body: title: Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
severity: high