Incident date: 2024-08-06
NAICS industry code: 444210

An employee was adjusting the low/high speed screws on the carburetor of a push mower when the mower shifted backward and the employee's right-hand fingertips came in contact with the moving mower blades. The employee sustained a laceration to a fingertip and two fingertip amputations.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Lawn mower  walk behind
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
severity: high