Incident date: 2024-10-29
NAICS industry code: 424510

On October 29, 2024, an employee was egressing a fertilizer spreader during the replacement of a strobe light on the cab roof. They fell approximately 5 feet from the fender of the fertilizer spreader to the ground below. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured right wrist.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Other fall to lower level  less than 6 feet
code_source: title: Spreaders, sprayers, application equipment
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Wrist(s)
severity: moderate