Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202439881 - Employee's Toes Are Injured by Mower Blades

Accident Summary Nr: 202439881 -- Report ID: 0950633 -- Event Date: 09/21/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307454751	10/13/2004	0782	561730	Trugreen Landcare

Abstract: At approximately 10:00 a.m. on September 21, 2004, Employee #1, a new landscape laborer with TruGreen LandCare, was operating a Toro 21-in. walk-behind rotary lawn mower at an apartment complex. While holding onto the machine's operator presence control, he attempted to empty the grass bag or loosen grass accumulation that had built up in the discharge tunnel. His right foot entered the side of the deck housing/blade enclosure where a piece was missing, and his foot was struck by the rotating blade. Employee #1 was hospitalized at Hemet Valley Regional Medical Center for a partial amputation of his right big toe and surgical repair of his second toe.

Keywords: ROTATING PARTS, AMPUTATED, INEXPERIENCE, LAWN MOWER, TOE, BLADE, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307454751			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Laborers, except construction

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