# Fractures at Brightview Landscape Services
> OSHA SIR `2020087417` · 8/5/2020 · BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by rolling object or equipment being pushed by injured worker
- **Source:** Lawn mowers-nonriding, powered
## Employer
- **Name:** Brightview Landscape Services
- **Location:** 500 25th St Brooklyn, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11232
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 5, 2020, a cemetery landscaper was mowing a slope when the mower got out of control and the employee let go. The mower slid down the hill, struck a headstone, and bounced toward the employee, landing on his leg and causing two factures in his tibia.

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