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Amputations

1 amputation · 2017076891 · 7/24/2017 · Gerlach's Property Maintenance, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
0
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Toes(s), toenail(s)
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source
Lawn mowers-nonriding, powered

Employer

Name
Gerlach's Property Maintenance, LLC
Location
6400 Peach Street, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16509
NAICS
561730
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was mowing a lawn on a slope using a push mower when it slipped and went over the employee's right foot. The mower blades went through the employee's steel-toed boot and cut the middle toe on the employee's right foot. The tip of the employee's middle toe was amputated at the hospital.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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