OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #851337

PULVERMACHER ENTERPRISES, INC.

PRINCETON, WI· 1988-09-29T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE, SLIP, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, LAWN MOWER, NECK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #102542842
Employer profile: PULVERMACHER ENTERPRISES, INC.
Summary number: 851337
Report ID: 521100

Event description

Employee killed when struck by falling mower

Investigation abstract

At approximately 3:30 p.m. on September 29, 1988, Employee #1, the president of the company, was working on a power Brush Hog mower. The grass cutting machine w as suspended in the air by a Clark forklift truck and a Ford model tractor, to w hich the mower deck was attached by a two point rear suspension hookup. Employee #1 was working under the suspended load when it apparently slipped off the fork lift and struck him at the lower portion of his neck. He sustained a broken neck and died.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 61 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
20

Event type
1

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
6

Task assigned
1

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