OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #694687
BLACKSBURG COUNTRY CLUB
BLACKSBURG, VA·
Event description
Employee drowns when pinned in golf course river by mower
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using a commercial lawn mower on a golf course fairway and had t o cross a bridge that extends over an approximately 18 to 24 inch deep river. Wh en he started to cross the bridge, an outrigger mower section hit a tree alongsi de the bridge, causing the mower to pivot approximately 90 degrees, fall approxi mately 12 feet, and turn upside down in the river. Employee #1 was pinned underw ater and drowned.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 486
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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