Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 141971.015 - Employee fractures pelvis when thrown from cart

Accident Summary Nr: 141971.015 -- Report ID: 0950612 -- Event Date: 12/08/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1568915.015	12/15/2021		541320	Brightview Landscape Services, Inc.

Abstract: At 2:05 p.m. on December 8, 2021, an employee was driving a Columbia utility cart collecting tools and previously cut trimmings alongside a walkway when she attempted to make a three point turn on a hillside to head back to where her crew was located. The cart was backing down the hill when employee was ejected from cart and landed on the dirt ground. The employee was not wearing a seat belt. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured pelvis.

Keywords: Cart, Driver, Ejected, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fracture, Hill, Landscaper, Landscaping, Pelvis, Seat Belt, Sharp Turn

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1568915.015	35	F	Hospitalized injury		Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm

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