Incident date: 2020-12-17
NAICS industry code: 561730

A mower machine caught a piece of wood, about 2 feet long and 3 inches wide, and threw it 90 feet backward. It struck an employee in the lower back, causing broken ribs, a vertebral fracture, and lacerations to the kidney and spleen.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
code_source: title: Scrap, waste, debris, n.e.c.
code_nature: title: Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
code_body: title: Multiple trunk locations
severity: moderate