Incident date: 2017-05-08
NAICS industry code: 561730

On May 08, 2017, an employee was operating a tractor while a coworker was operating a utility vehicle. At approximately 5:26 PM, the utility vehicle became stuck in a ditch. The employee came to hook up the tractor to the vehicle and pull it out when the tractor began to roll into the ditch. The employee was pinned between the utility vehicle and the tractor, suffering internal abdominal injuries that required surgery and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught between rolling powered vehicle and other object
code_source: title: Farm tractor
code_nature: title: MULTIPLE DISEASES, CONDITIONS, AND DISORDERS
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate