# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Turf Enterprise Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024099054` · 9/27/2024 · MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed between running equipment and other object(s)
- **Source:** Plowing and tilling machinery
- **Secondary source:** Structural elements  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Turf Enterprise Inc.
- **Location:** 2091 North Autumn Chase Drive, MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, 17055
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating/pushing a self-propelled, walk-behind aerator up a hill when the aerator started to slip and drift toward a deck post. The employee was was caught between the aerator and the deck post and sustained a puncture to the right leg below the knee.

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