Incident date: 2020-05-11
NAICS industry code: 332710

An employee was clearing grass along a ditch using a side-by-side mower. One of the mower's tires went into the ditch line, causing the mower to flip. It struck the employee in the back, injuring two lumbar vertebrae. He was hospitalized for surgery.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
code_source: title: Lawn mowers-riding
code_nature: title: Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
code_body: title: Lumbar region
severity: moderate