Incident date: 2022-06-27
NAICS industry code: 541860

An employee was mowing a pipeline right-of-way with a tractor. As the tractor crossed a water bar on a 30 percent grade, its seatbelt's locking mechanism snapped and the employee was ejected from the cab. He struck the ground and suffered a broken jaw and a broken rib.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
code_source: title: Farm tractor
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Head and trunk
severity: moderate