OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14337257
WALDORF ACE HARDWARE
BRISTOL, FL·
Event description
Employee drives lawn tractor into lake and drowns
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was cutting grass at a company's summer cottage when, for no apparen t reason, he was driving a Wheelhorse lawn tractor near a lake's edge and drove it into the lake. The shore and lake bed had a 7 to 10 degree slope. There appea red to be no reason for the employee to be at the lake's edge. According to the Liberty county sheriff's office, Employee #1 was mildly retarded and was known t o panic in stressful situations.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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