Incident date: 2022-06-15
NAICS industry code: 453998

Employees were standing by an agricultural tractor with a chemical applicator to see if the installed fan was working properly. The tractor's RPM shot up and the fan began to spin faster than normal causing the fan's protective casing to explode and shoot metal pieces towards two employees on the opposite side of the tractor. Pieces of metal impaled one employee in the abdomen resulting in hospitalization. The second employee sustained a chest laceration and was not hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Metal chips, particles
code_nature: title: Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
code_body: title: Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate