# Fractures at Sullivan's Landscaping & Maintenance
> OSHA SIR `2024076532` · 7/18/2024 · LEWES, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonroadway noncollision  fall or jump from moving vehicle
- **Source:** Lawn mower  riding
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Sullivan's Landscaping & Maintenance
- **Location:** Tidewater, LEWES, DELAWARE, 19958
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was mounting the riding lawnmower when he bumped the accelerator and was thrown to the asphalt ground. The employee sustained fractured ribs and a broken nose.

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