Incident date: 2018-08-24
NAICS industry code: 238210

An employee was walking beside a stand-behind trencher as it dug a trench. The cutting chain pulled in one of his shoelaces and severely lacerated his lower left leg. The chain was guarded at the time of the incident.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
code_source: title: Trenchers
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Lower leg(s)
severity: moderate