# Fractures at Pierce's Lawncare & Landscaping, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017076317` · 7/10/2017 · MASON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in roadway
- **Source:** Automobile
## Employer
- **Name:** Pierce's Lawncare & Landscaping, Inc.
- **Location:** Tylersville Rd & Aero Dr., MASON, OHIO, 45040
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At approximately 4:10 a.m., employees were mulching a median/island between a four-lane road. One of the company employees was using a gas powered, hand held, back mounted blower to blow off the curb and was struck by an oncoming car. The injured employee was hospitalized with facial, leg and rib fractures, facial lacerations and abrasions over various part of the body.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*