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Accident: 200676526 - Worker Drowns When Lawn Tractor Tips Over Into Lake

**Accident: 200676526 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 01/09/2007**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
310214408	01/10/2007	7997	Valleycrest Golf Course Maintenance, Inc.

On January 9, 2007, an employee was operating a lawn mower attached to a John Deere 870, 4WD Tractor on a golf course (10th tee) near a lake embankment that sloped 19.5 degrees. The lawn mower tipped over into the water, pinning the employee. The employee drowned because of the accident.

Keywords: embankment, maintenance, asphyxiated, suffocated, roll-over, lawn mower, drown, slope, overturn, water

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	310214408			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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