Incident date: 2016-09-28
NAICS industry code: 493130

Two employees were standing side by side attempting to make repairs when the kick-out bar engaged. The kick-out bar ran over the first employee's left foot and caught the second employee's leg between the bar and a bale. The first employee suffered two broken bones between the left knee and ankle. The second employee suffered a laceration and two broken bones in the left foot. They were both hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
code_source: title: Balers-agricultural
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: low