Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Trugreen Lawn Care , 30 Access Rd , WARWICK, RHODE ISLAND 02886
on — Cellulitis and abscess, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee had been doing lawn care work when he felt pain in his abdomen that radiated to his hip and right leg. He developed a rash and was hospitalized, suffering from cellulitis.
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An employee was talking to a child on the playground, when the child grabbed her hand to lead her away. The employee stepped, lost her balance, and fell over. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture of her lower left leg and required surgery.
An employee was walking through a parking garage. She tripped over a curb and fell forward onto her right knee, then her left knee, both hands, and her face. She suffered an injury to the left knee that required surgery, as well as scrapes on the chin and both palms and soreness in the left wrist.
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