OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221641665

TRI COUNTY LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS, INC.

OXFORD, FL· 2024-02-15T00:00:00

Event: Back, Chest, Clearing, Installing, Landscaper, Landscaping, Leg, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Natural Causes, Puncture, Roller--Mach/Part, Run Over, Struck By, Torso, Unresponsive, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 111421
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347286957
Employer profile: TRI COUNTY LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS, INC.
Summary number: 221641665
Report ID: 0420600

Event description

Employee dies from puncture wounds when run over by sod roll

Investigation abstract

At 7:52 a.m. on February 15, 2024, an employee working for a landscaping contractor was clearing a field and unrolling sod. The employee was found unresponsive underneath a KWMI Big Roll Track Installer. The employee died from multiple puncture wounds. but the narrative indicates that natural causes may have been involved.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 47 M

Event type
1

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