OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #608224
ASPHYXIATED,CONTROL LEVER,LAWN MOWER,FALL,RUN OVER
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIED OF ASPHYXIA WHEN CAUGHT UNDER LAWNMOWER
Investigation abstract
On March 7, 1990, Employee #1 was operating the Excel Hustler, 295 riding type r otary lawnmower, Serial Number D 241-352, when cutting a flat area of grass. It seems that Employee #1 went down a nearby embankment and fell off the mower. As Employee #1 fell, he apparently pulled the control lever over and bent it behind another lever causing the lawnmower to continue going in a circle. The lawnmowe r ran over Employee #1 and he couldn't get it off him. Employee #1 died of asphy xia.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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