Fractures and dislocations

Name: Fractures and dislocations at TruGreen
Start: 10/9/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191010552 · 10/9/2019 · TruGreen

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Ankle(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures and dislocations

Cause

Event: Struck bump, hole, rough terrain on driving surface, nonroadway
Source: Spreading machinery-agricultural
Secondary source: Ground irregularity

Employer

Name: TruGreen
Location: 7000 Hubbard Avenue, CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44127
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On October 9, 2019, an employee was riding a ride-on spreader to treat a turf area with herbicide when the employee went over a hole that caused him to be jolted and land on his ankle. He suffered a dislocated and fractured ankle.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown