Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200523389 - Employee's Foot Is Amputated by Commercial Mower

Accident Summary Nr: 200523389 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 08/21/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
304795644	09/12/2002	9512	0	Fayette County Conservation Board

Abstract: At approximately 2:00 p.m. on August 21, 2002, Employee #1, working alone, was using a Toro 325D commercial rotary mower with a 72 in. mower deck to cut the turf in a rural county park. He was turning while descending an approximately 30 degree slope when his left foot struck the mower blade and was amputated. Rescue personnel found the operator's seat broken free from the machine. Apparently, the seat monitor switch and the vehicle movement detector switch had been defeated, allowing the machine to continue to operate without a driver in the operator's seat. The mower deck was not equipped with a discharge deflector at the point where Employee #1's foot struck the blade.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, DEADMAN CONTROL, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, STEEP GRADE, LAWN MOWER, UNMANNED, UNGUARDED, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	304795644			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm

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