Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Turf Enterprise Inc.
Start: 9/27/2024

1 hospitalization · 2024099054 · 9/27/2024 · Turf Enterprise Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Lower leg(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event: Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
Source: Plowing and tilling machinery
Secondary source: Structural elements n.e.c.

Employer

Name: Turf Enterprise Inc.
Location: 2091 North Autumn Chase Drive, MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17055
NAICS: 561730
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was operating/pushing a self-propelled, walk-behind aerator up a hill when the aerator started to slip and drift toward a deck post. The employee was was caught between the aerator and the deck post and sustained a puncture to the right leg below the knee.

Source

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