Incident date: 2015-11-03
NAICS industry code: 485410

Employees were working on a brush mower that was elevated on the forks of a skid steer. The fork carriage became dislodged from the skid steer causing the brush mower deck and fork implement to fall injuring three employees. Employee 1 was hospitalized with head injuries. Employee 2 was hospitalized with a broken ankle requiring surgery. The third employee three was treated for a sprained thumb and knee and fractured vertebrae and released.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
code_source: title: Brush hogs-tractor
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: low