Incident date: 2020-10-14
NAICS industry code: 236210

An employee was operating a chip spreader machine down a hill. The spreader began to skid when he applied the brake. The wheels locked and the spreader continued to slide down the hill. The spreader impacted a ditch and spun 180 degrees. The operator was thrown off the machine and landed on the bank of the ditch causing injury to his lower back.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
code_source: title: Spreading machinery-agricultural
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate