Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Delea Sod Farms, Inc.
Start: 2/7/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025021223 · 2/7/2025 · Delea Sod Farms, Inc.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Head and extremities
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event: Nonroadway noncollision fall or jump from moving vehicle
Source: Forklift, order picker, platform truck powered
Secondary source: Other plants, vegetation

Employer

Name: Delea Sod Farms, Inc.
Location: 444 Elwood Road, EAST NORTHPORT, NEW YORK, 11731
NAICS: 444220
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was using a truck-mounted forklift to unload sod from a flatbed trailer. The weight of the load caused the machine to tilt forward, causing him to fall out of his seat. The employee sustained a laceration to his head and right shin and scraped his left shin.

Source

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