Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200999282 - Horseback Tour Guide Is Struck and Killed by Falling Tree

Accident Summary Nr: 200999282 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 06/01/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315867242	06/18/2012	7999	712190	Brown County Guided Trail Rides ,Llc

Abstract: On June 17, 2012, an employee was working as a trail guide for Brown County Guided Trail Rides, LLC, in Nashville, Indiana. Brown County Guided Trail Rides, LLC, was a concessionaire providing guided horseback trail rides in Indiana's Brown County State Park. The employee was leading a guided horseback trail ride, when a tree fell on her. She was struck in several parts of her body, and she was killed. The narrative said that the incident occurred on June 1, 2012, but online news articles and the OSHA Weekly Fatality/Catastrophe Report website said that the incident occurred on June 17, 2012.

Keywords: ANIMAL HANDLER, TREE, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315867242			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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