OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221677024

COMISI?N DE JUEGOS DEL GOBIERNO DE PUERTO RICO

CANOVANAS, PR· 2024-06-23T00:00:00

Event: Animal Handler, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Crushed, Gate, Head, Horse, Motor Vehicle, Run Over, Starting Platform, Struck By, Tire, Tractor, Wheel, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 921190
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347572877
Employer profile: COMISI?N DE JUEGOS DEL GOBIERNO DE PUERTO RICO
Summary number: 221677024
Report ID: 0257230

Event description

Employee dies of head trauma when run over by race starting

Investigation abstract

At 4:12 p.m. on June 23, 2024, an employee working for a state-run horse racing facility was arranging horses in the gates for a race. When he was finished lining up the horses, the employee was required to climb off the starting gate and leave the track as quickly as possible. The employee was sitting on the gate while the tractor was moving nearby. The employee fell from where he was sitting at which time a tire from the starting gate ran over his head. The employee died from traumatic head injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 62 M

Event type
1

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