OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221424088

WA317966657 - ICICLE OUTFITTERS & GUIDES INC

LEAVENWORTH, WA· 2021-12-02T00:00:00

Event: Animal, Animal Handler, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concussion, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Driver, Driving, Ejected, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Head, Horse, Lost Control, Malfunction, Struck Against, Training, Wagon, Wheel
NAICS: 487110
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345668339
Employer profile: WA317966657 - ICICLE OUTFITTERS & GUIDES INC
Summary number: 221424088
Report ID: 1055350

Event description

Employee is killed, ejected from wagon after horses spooked

Investigation abstract

At 4:00 p.m. on December 2, 2021, an employee was driving a 2-up team of horses pulling a wagon with 6 guests when the rear wheel fell off. The employee unloaded the guests and attempted to move the wagon with wheel still off and the horses still attached to the wagon. The axle scraped the ground and the noise spooked the horses causing them to run out of control with the employee still on the wagon. The horses ran out of control for approximately 0.25 mile before coming to a sudden stop when the wagon hit 2 boulders. The employee was ejected out of the wagon striking his head on a boulder, killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 77 M

Event type
6

Occupation code
999

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