Incident date: 2024-03-01
NAICS industry code: 115115

An employee was planting sod when the machine he was using became stuck. The employee attempted to push the stop button and move the chain that rotates the grinder/sod cutter. The machine then jumped and reenergized. The employee suffered partial amputations to one or two fingers on their left hand, and was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
code_source: title: Planting machinery
code_nature: title: Amputations, avulsions, enucleations  unspecified
code_body: title: Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
severity: high