Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Liberty Lawn & Landscape LLC, 4 Stearns Point Rd., SHELTER ISLAND, NEW YORK 11964
on — Fractures, affecting the upper and lower limb(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was run over by a machine while cutting a lawn, suffering a broken clavicle and tibia.
HospitalizedUpper and lower limb(s)Machinery, unspecified
An employee was walking on a job site when they were struck from behind by a pickup truck. The employee sustained fractures to the arms, pelvis, and legs.
An employee was leaf blowing to help clean the road. An excavator began backing up and caught the employee's foot, causing her to fall to the ground. The employee sustained the loss of a tooth, abrasions to the face and hand, and a cut to the foot.
An employee was using a ladder to cover a load of wood chips. A truck was trying to get by, so the employee got off the ladder and moved it out of the way. As the truck passed by, it struck the employee causing fractures to his lower right leg.
A crew was setting up to clean out a squeegee machine. The controls of the machine were struck by a spray wand, shifting the machine from park to reverse. When the machine was started, it lunged backward and caught an employee s leg against a water truck. The employee's leg was fractured.
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