Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Name: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Brightview Landscape Services
Start: 5/31/2022

1 hospitalization · 2022054681 · 5/31/2022 · Brightview Landscape Services

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Nature of injury: Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk

Cause

Event: Fall on same level, n.e.c.
Source: Ground, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Lawn edgers, clippers, trimmers-powered

Employer

Name: Brightview Landscape Services
Location: 75 South Way Ste A, HAMILTON, NEW JERSEY, 08619
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was trimming weeds with a line trimmer when the trimmer got hung up at the bottom of a flagpole, causing him to fall and drop the trimmer. The employee fell forward and landed with his chest hitting the engine of the line trimmer that had fallen to the ground, resulting in internal bleeding.

Source

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