# Fractures at Landcare USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018088822` · 8/27/2018 · WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway
- **Source:** Mowing machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Landcare USA, LLC
- **Location:** 200 Powder Mill Road, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE, 19803
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a walk-behind mower equipped with a velkie to mow a parking lot island. He stopped the mower to wait for someone to park. He was then attempting to move away from the mower when the machine started to spin, striking and throwing him to the ground. He was hospitalized with a fractured right femur and right ankle.

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