Incident date: 2024-12-18
NAICS industry code: 532412

Mulching equipment was being used to clear tall vegetation at a job site when the equipment encountered hidden wire in the brush. The wire entered the equipment and was projected out of it approximately 300 feet, striking the injured employee's left leg and resulting in an injury.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by other propelled object or substance  n.e.c.
code_source: title: Wire, cables nonelectrified
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
code_body: title: Leg(s)  unspecified
severity: moderate