OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #950022
LAWN MOWER,POOL,DROWN
Event description
EMPLOYEE DROWNED WHEN MOWER DIVES INTO DIGESTER POND
Investigation abstract
An employee of Diversco Services was cutting grass with a Snapper 36 inch riding lawn mower, near two open sludge digester ponds that were 12 ft-14 ft deep, and 90 ft in diameter. The employee rode the mower into the open pond, and was drow ned.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 453
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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