Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Oak Tree Country Club, 700 Country Club Drive, EDMOND, OKLAHOMA 73025
on — Amputations, affecting the toes(s), toenail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was mowing grass on a golf course using a fly mower. The employee slipped on dew on the grass and slid part-way down a hill, causing his foot to get caught under the fly mower. He sustained a partial amputation to his big toe.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
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