Accident Report Detail
Accident: 68488.015 - Employee On Lawn Mower Rolls Over Into Lake And Drowns
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
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1001014.015 | 10/16/2014 | Mainguy Environmental Care, Inc. |
At 10:30 a.m. on October 15, 2014, an employee was cutting grass with a ride-on lawn mower. The employee was cutting grass on an embankment with a slope of app roximately 20 degrees. The lawn mower possibly struck a tree root, causing it to veer into a lake. The roll bar located on the mower was not fully opened and th e employee was pinned beneath the mower in the lake. The employee drowned.
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation |
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1 | 1001014.015 | 23 | M | Fatality | Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm |