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Fractures

1 hospitalization · 2021119573 · 11/5/2021 · Republic Services

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Nature of injury
Fractures

Cause

Event
Nonroadway noncollision incident, n.e.c.
Source
Bulldozers

Employer

Name
Republic Services
Location
101 Barber Boulevard, GARDENDALE, ALABAMA, 35071
NAICS
562111
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was using a hydroseeding machine, attached to a bulldozer, to plant grass on a slope at a landfill. The hitch connecting the hydroseeding machine to the bulldozer broke, and the hydroseeding machine rolled down the slope with the employee on it. The employee suffered broken and bruised ribs, a broken shoulder, and a cut on the ear.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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