Incident date: 2016-03-24
NAICS industry code: 112120

An employee was driving a tractor that was connected to a feed wagon. He went over a bump that caused the drawbar mechanism to break. In turn, the cables connected to the hydraulics became dislodged, and the lever hit him on the top of the nose/center forehead. He suffered a small laceration that required stitches.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Vehicle and mobile equipment parts, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Cuts, lacerations
code_body: title: Forehead
severity: moderate