Incident date: 2024-08-01
NAICS industry code: 561730

The injured employee was rolling up the string cord for a weed trimmer when it got caught on the tire of a utility task vehicle (UTV) that was being driven by another employee. The cord caught the injured employee's hands and amputated their right thumb to the second knuckle and their left ring finger to the third knuckle.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Nonroadway noncollision incident  n.e.c.
code_source: title: All-terrain vehicle (ATV)
code_nature: title: Amputations involving bone loss
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high