Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BrightView Landscapes, LLC, 2130 Barrett Park, KENNESAW, GEORGIA 30144
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee sustained lacerations to his foot while operating a lawn mower.
An employee servicing a wood chipper suffered a partial am[utation of the right ring finger after going under the machine to engage the belt. The chipper was not locked out/tagged out at the time.
An employee was mowing the lawn of a commercial property when he saw an obstruction on his path. He picked up a piece of rebar steel from the ground, placed the rebar on the mower's floor deck, and continued mowing the lawn. Due to the mower's movement and vibration, the piece of rebar fell and struck the tire of the mower, then deflected back and hit the employee's shin, causing a minor laceration and contusion on his leg. He was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 561730)
An employee was helping to set up a mulch blowing truck when they were struck by an oncoming vehicle. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured knee, a concussion, and a head laceration; they also received stitches on their arm.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood when the saw cut his thumb, index, and middle fingers. His index finger was amputated and he was hospitalized.
An employee was mowing a residential lawn at a client's house. The mower slid on the land and tipped over onto him. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured vertebra in the neck and partial paralysis.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.