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Sprains, strains, tears unspecified

1 hospitalization · 2025087623 · 8/2/2025 · Green Acres Lawn Care & Landscaping

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
Nature of injury
Sprains, strains, tears unspecified

Cause

Event
Nonroadway noncollision vehicle overturn
Source
Spreaders, sprayers, application equipment
Secondary source
Hills, mountains

Employer

Name
Green Acres Lawn Care & Landscaping
Location
2516 Whitehall Lane, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61107
NAICS
561730
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was working to get into a customer's back yard to fertilize with a stand-on fertilizer spreading machine. As the employee backed up the machine, its front tire dropped off a hill. The machine flipped over. The employee was thrown off it and landed on the ground on his right shoulder. He suffered muscle, fascia, and tendon strains in the shoulder and upper arm.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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