Fractures

Name: Fractures at Briggs and Stratton Corporation
Start: 11/13/2019

1 hospitalization · 20191111816 · 11/13/2019 · Briggs and Stratton Corporation

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
Source: Agricultural and garden machinery, n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Briggs and Stratton Corporation
Location: unknown, WOLCOTT, CONNECTICUT, 06705
NAICS: 335312
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was conducting a demonstration of a large commercial blower used to remove leaves from sports fields and parking lots. He was using the blower on an incline and lost control of the machinery, which then struck his leg and fractured his tibia.

Source

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