Incident date: 2021-07-19
NAICS industry code: 561730

A employee had pulled a rope out of a chipper. He laid the rope on the ground and then picked up a pile to place in the chipper. The rope also went into the chipper, while wrapped around the employee's leg. As the rope was pulled into the chipper, the employee sustained rope burns and bruising.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Entangled in other object or equipment
code_source: title: Rope, twine, string
code_nature: title: Other burns, first degree
code_body: title: Leg(s), unspecified
severity: moderate