Incident date: 2021-05-25
NAICS industry code: 531311

An employee was mowing a grass area along a lake when the lawn mover flipped over and the employee was trapped underwater for 4-5 minutes. The employee was hospitalized for a near-drowning and chemical burns to his lungs from inhaling water/fuel.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
code_source: title: Lawn mowers-riding
code_nature: title: Chemical burns and corrosions, unspecified
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate