Amputations

Name: Amputations at Keystone Lawn Company
Start: 6/26/2015

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2015064107 · 6/26/2015 · Keystone Lawn Company

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Amputations

Cause

Event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: Lawn mowers-riding

Employer

Name: Keystone Lawn Company
Location: Elmcroft Drive at Willow Creek Drive, MOUNT JOY, PENNSYLVANIA, 17552
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a zero-turn riding mower to mow a lawn. The employee slumped forward; as he did so, his left hand was pulled under the mower deck. His left ring finger was amputated, and the blade of the mower sliced into his hand. He was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown