Grasskeepers Landscaping Inc. was cited on three occasions involving the use of a faulty lawn mower by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, according to documents.

The company was accused of not adequately training its worker on safety and allowing the worker to use a faulty mower with non-operable safety switches, OSHA reported.

The investigation came after German Reyes, 29, of Mahwah, N.J., suffered a sever cut to his right thigh while cutting the lawn in a condominium complex.

He was operating a four-foot wide mower that rolled over his leg as he maneuvered down the lawn?EUR??,,????'???s steep slope bordered by railroad ties.

Luckily, he managed to get himself to a condominium area, where a fellow worker was able to answer his cries for help.

?EUR??,,????'??Suffern police Detective Craig Long said, ?EUR??,,????'??There is a chance if the other employee had not been in the area, he would have bled to death.?EUR??,,????'??

OSHA became involved based on a report from the Suffern police. Long said the department?EUR??,,????'???s policy is to notify OSHA of workplace injuries.

OSHA cited Grasskeepers on Aug 16 after interviewing Reyes and the company and inspecting the lawn mower.

The OSHA investigation alleged the three ?EUR??,,????'??serious?EUR??,,????'?? violations of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.

The violations claim that Grasskeepers failed to protect its employee from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm.

Grasskeepers is responsible for training its employees and failed to train Reyes to operate the Bobcat lawn mower, OSHA said.