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Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 851337 - Employee Killed When Struck By Falling Mower

**Accident: 851337 -- Report ID: 0521100 -- Event Date: 09/29/1988**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
102542842	10/04/1988	5083	Pulvermacher Enterprises, Inc.

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 was suspended in the air by a Clark forklift truck and a Ford model tractor, to which 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 forklift and struck him at the lower portion of his neck. He sustained a broken neck and died.

Keywords: fracture, slip, industrial truck, lawn mower, neck, struck by, falling object

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	102542842			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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