Nonroadway noncollision fall or jump from and struck by moving vehicle · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Realty Landscaping LLC, Our Lady of Hungary Cemetery East 4th Street, NEWTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 18940
on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Foot (feet) and toe(s).
Final narrative
An employee fell off a riding mower and his foot went under the deck, resulting in amputation of the foot.
HospitalizedAmputation Foot (feet) and toe(s) Lawn mower riding
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An employee was was using a hand-held post driver to drive posts into the ground. The employee's left ring finger was caught in the driver, resulting in a partial amputation.
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Employees were moving a paving machine. The machine had been pulled forward, then put in reverse to back up a hill, when it revved up and went out of control. It had moved about 40 feet when one employee jumped out of it and was dragged under it. A second employee rode about another 40 feet, then jumped out to avoid a steep embankment. The first employee suffered a broken pelvis, and the second employee suffered a broken lower leg. Both were hospitalized.
An employee was operating a lawn mower. He fell off while making a turn and the mower ran over his right foot. The employee sustained a laceration on his right ankle.
An employee was traveling on a walker rider as it headed for the outer wall of the warehouse office. He jumped off the front of the rider which caused his legs to be caught between the base of the rider and the yellow safety rail. The employee sustained a fractured right fibula.
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