OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221388366

AGRO-TURF, CORP.

WINTER HAVEN, FL· 2021-08-24T00:00:00

Event: Automobile, Backing Up, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Fracture, Highway, Highway Shoulder, Highway work zone, Jump, Landscaping, Leg, Loader, Material Handling, Motor Vehicle, Road, Run Over, Skid Steer loader, Struck By, Tire, Unsafe Position, Work zone
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345513360
Employer profile: AGRO-TURF, CORP.
Summary number: 221388366
Report ID: 0420600

Event description

Employee fractures legs when struck by loader that was backi

Investigation abstract

At 1:45 p.m. on August 24, 2021, an employee working for a landscaping service was placing sod alongside an active roadway. The employee was possibly hit by a passing car's mirror at which time he either jumped or fell into the path of a skid steer loader that was backing up. The employee was run over by the tires and hospitalized to treat two fractured legs.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 55 M

Event type
1

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