Struck by powered vehicle tipping over-nontransport · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dover Greens LLC, 73 Wheeler Road , WINGDALE, NEW YORK 12594
on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was mowing a side hill when the mower tipped and rolled over, striking and fracturing the employee's right ankle.
An employee was working underneath a 2-foot section of piping that was attached to a forklift. As the forklift was lowering the piping into the ground, the forklift became unsteady and the rear wheels lifted off the ground. The forklift started to tip forward but did not overturn. The mast of the forklift struck the employee causing a fractured arm, fractured ribs, and a back injury.
An employee was offloading scrap metal when the semi-truck with a dump trailer tipped over onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized for head injuries and a laceration to their hip.
On September 10, 2022, an employee was vibrating poured concrete. A concrete boom truck's right front stabilizer sank into the ground; the truck tipped, and its boom struck the employee. The employee sustained multiple fractures, dislocations, abrasions, contusions, strains/sprains, and lacerations to multiple body parts, as well as a concussion. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was preparing an inoperable AH-64 Apache Helicopter for tractor-trailer removal from the training area. During the process, the helicopter rolled on its side and caught the employee's left leg underneath it resulting in a fractured tibia, fibula, and ankle.
An employee was sitting on a forklift with his seatbelt on. The forklift he was operating was stuck in the yard, so another forklift had hooked a chain to his forklift and was attempting to pull it loose. The forklift then turned over on its side and the employee's foot was caught underneath it, fracturing the foot.
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 operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.