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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2018010551 · 1/17/2018 · The Toro Company

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Lumbar region
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
Source
Machine platforms

Employer

Name
The Toro Company
Location
200 Sime Avenue, TOMAH, WISCONSIN, 54660
NAICS
333112
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee climbed onto a mower that was raised 18 inches on a final assembly platform to install a steering wheel. As the employee was climbing down from the mower, her foot missed the 18-inch platform and she fell to the concrete plant floor, fracturing her L4 vertebra.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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