Incident date: 2019-08-06
NAICS industry code: 115310

An employee was riding an ATV to the next prairie dog town. The ATV went into a drainage ditch that was hidden by vegetation. As the employee fell into the ditch their head struck an adjacent embankment. The employee initially lost feeling below the neck, and later recovered some sense of touch. The ditch was approximately 5 feet deep by 4 feet wide.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Ran off driving surface, nonroadway
code_source: title: ATV, all terrain vehicle
code_nature: title: Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Nonclassifiable
severity: moderate