CareTaker Landscape and Tree Management

An employee was stepping on an aluminum cross member to exit a boat in a building when his foot slipped off, causing his shin to strike the cross member bracket. The employee sustained a shin laceration and fracture.

An employee was dismounting an excavator after loading it onto a lowboy trailer. The employee slipped, but managed to catch the grab handle to avoid falling. The sudden stop ruptured a cyst in the employee's abdomen.

An employee was conducting wildlife surveys from a UTV. After attempting to dig out the UTV, she was climbing back into the vehicle and had her hand on the roll bar when her foot slipped off the step-up plate, causing a sudden sharp pain to her abdomen area. She was in severe pain and required hospitalization for a muscle injury.

An employee was adjusting the high/low switch on his truck-mounted welder. He was turning around when he lost his footing because it had just rained and his truck bed was slick. He went to steady himself and reached to grab onto something with his hands. His right hand slid underneath the cowling of his welder and two fingers were severely lacerated by the motor fan blades. He was hospitalized.

An employee strapping down cargo on a flatbed trailer slipped from the ratchet socket and twisted his ankle.

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

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 rappelling down a tree. When he was most of the way down, he fell on the ground and suffered a broken pelvis.

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 delivering materials. He was doing his pre-delivery inspection on the roof of the jobsite (a warehouse) when he fell through a plexiglass skylight. He landed on his feet on the concrete floor 14 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his spine, left ulnar/radius, and right heel. The employee required surgery.

An employee was cutting cabinet trim using a table saw when four fingers on his left hand were severed, resulting in hospitalization and amputation.

An employee was removing packaging from a roll of printing substrate. The blade of their utility knife got stuck. The employee used both hands to free the knife and the blade partially amputated their left little fingertip.

A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.

An employee was standing on an extension ladder, using a torquing tool to remove bolts that secured blades to a rotor. When the torquing tool activated, its reaction arm came around and pinched the employee's right middle finger against a lifting eye. His fingertip was amputated.