OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #851337
FRACTURE,SLIP,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,LAWN MOWER,NECK,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT
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
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#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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