Collision with stationary object in roadway · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Greenleaf Nursery Company, 28406 Hwy 82, PARK HILL, OKLAHOMA 74451
on — Fractures , affecting the Thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was riding in a nursery vehicle with another employee driving. The vehicle went off the road and struck a wooden utility pole. The employee suffered a broken left femur, damage to the left elbow, and chipped front teeth. He was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was using a pushing shear machine mower. As he was pulling the mower out of a bed of plants, he encountered a parked trailer behind him and fell backward. His left foot contacted the mower blade, which lacerated his foot and broke the little toe in three places.
An employee was attaching base timber to a green house structure. The employee was drilling holes in the lumber with a power drill when the drill bit caught the aligning string. The string subsequently wrapped around the end of the employee's left middle finger and amputated the fingertip.
An employee was driving a vehicle through a tunnel on a campus road to the dumpsters. The bed was elevated and contacted the tunnel structure. The employee sustained a lacerated pancreas and a dislocated shoulder.
An employee was standing on the back step of a residential garbage truck when the truck slid on ice and the employee was pinned between the truck and a telephone pole. The employee sustained a crushed pelvis.
An employee was getting onto the rear of a garbage truck. The employee's right leg was caught between the truck's rear riding step and a bollard as it started moving. The employee was hospitalized and their leg was amputated at the knee.
An employee was backing up a bobtail propane truck when it struck stored propane tanks, resulting in a fire. The employee suffered burns to the back, head, and left arm.
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An employee was on the tenth step of a three-legged, 14-foot pruning ladder to prune a holly tree. The front leg of the ladder entered a hole in the ground made by a rodent, causing the ladder to become unstable. The employee fell backward onto the ground, resulting in a fractured T12 vertebra.
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