OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14291439
POWERS BUILDING MART. INC.
RADFORD, VA·
Event description
Employee killed when struck by rock thrown by mower
Investigation abstract
At approximately 3:00 p.m. on April 6, 1986, Employee #1 and a coworker were usi ng John Deere roto-mowers to cut the grass in area O of the Radford Army Arsenal . The coworker was on one side of the road, approximately 180 ft from Employee # 1, when his mower contacted a rock. It was thrown backward and across the roadwa y, striking Employee #1 on the right side of the head and hitting his hard hat. Employee #1 suffered a concussion and later died at Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 62 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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