# Fractures at Blooming Valley Landscape and Supply, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020042967` · 4/1/2020 · MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Plowing and cultivating machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Blooming Valley Landscape and Supply, LLC
- **Location:** 400 North Main Street, MEADVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, 16335
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a rototiller when the blades of the rototiller became stuck in the ground.  The employee moved to the front of the rototiller and attempted to dislodge it.  The rototiller moved forward and the blades struck the employee's lower left leg, causing multiple fractures.

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