PARK HILL, OKLAHOMA—
GREENLEAF NURSERY COMPANY
Stings and venomous bites · Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at GREENLEAF NURSERY COMPANY, 28406 Hwy 82, PARK HILL, OKLAHOMA 74451 on — Poisoning, including poisoning-related asphyxia, affecting the bODY SYSTEMS.
Final narrative
An employee was moving a plant container when a copperhead snake bit his left index finger.
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An employee was riding in a nursery vehicle with another employee driving. The vehicle went off the road and struck a wooden utility pole. The employee suffered a broken left femur, damage to the left elbow, and chipped front teeth. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
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An employee was using a pushing shear machine mower. As he was pulling the mower out of a bed of plants, he encountered a parked trailer behind him and fell backward. His left foot contacted the mower blade, which lacerated his foot and broke the little toe in three places.
FORT GIBSON, OKLAHOMA—
GREENLEAF NURSERY COMPANY
An employee was attaching base timber to a green house structure. The employee was drilling holes in the lumber with a power drill when the drill bit caught the aligning string. The string subsequently wrapped around the end of the employee's left middle finger and amputated the fingertip.
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