OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221385917

LAUSD / RIVERSIDE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SHERMAN OAKS, CA· 2021-06-18T00:00:00

Event: Blade, Finger, Fracture, Glove, Hand, Kick Back, Laceration, Landscaper, Landscaping, Struck By
NAICS: 611110
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345418651
Employer profile: LAUSD / RIVERSIDE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Summary number: 221385917
Report ID: 0950643

Event description

Employee lacerates and fractures two fingers when struck by

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on June 18, 2021, an employee was trimming hedges near the parking lot of a school while wearing leather gloves. The trimmer encountered a thick branch, causing the trimmer blade to bounce back towards him. He put his right hand up to block the blade from striking his chest and injured his right fingers on the blade. He sustained lacerations and fractures to his right third and fourth fingers and was hospitalized for treatment.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 41 M

Event type
14

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