Incident date: 2019-09-02
NAICS industry code: 111998

An employee was working to pull out drip lines by hand from the ground. While re-winding the line into the tape roller (an auxiliary tractor attachment), the injured employee asked the tractor driver to stop. Then due to a lack of slack, he asked the driver to pull forward. When the tractor pulled forward, the employee was pulled into the roller and sustained broken ribs.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
code_source: title: Farm tractor
code_nature: title: Fractures
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate