Incident date: 2025-08-07
NAICS industry code: 237110

An employee was using a weed eater, moving it from side to side. He suffered a pinched nerve in the neck that caused numbness in the back and arms. He was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Overexertion while wielding, manipulating tools, object(s)
code_source: title: Lawn edgers, trimmers
code_nature: title: Pinched nerve
code_body: title: Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
severity: moderate