Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 167384.015 - Employee lacerates artery when struck by mower blade, later

Accident Summary Nr: 167384.015 -- Report ID: 0336000 -- Event Date: 06/10/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1754755.015	06/12/2024		561730	Chris Glancy'S Lawn Care Inc.

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on June 10, 2024, an employee working as a laborer for a landscaping service was mowing a commercial property with an Ex Mark Lazer Zero Turn Lawn Mower (serial number 403127090). The employee struck a steel water cap on a metal standpipe that was situated just above ground level. The mower deck contacted the cap, and the employee was ejected from the mower into the mower blade. The employee was hospitalized to treat a lacerated artery in his left calf. The employee died in the hospital due to blood loss.

Keywords: Artery, Blade, Blood, Chute, Ejected, Equipment Operator, Laborer, Laceration, Landscaping, Lawn Mower, Leg, Loss Of Blood, Metal Pipe, Seat Belt, Struck Against, Struck By, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1754755.015	51	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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