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Investigation report : fatality – worker drowns when riding lawnmower slides into pond

Description

Presents the findings of an investigation of a workplace fatality that took place in the provincial and municipal government, education and health sector in August 2017. A worker was cutting grass with a riding lawnmower near a pond when the mower slid into the pond. The worker drowned.

Updated

April 25, 2020

Tags
education and health care sector occupational fatalities provincial and municipal government workplace fatalities workplace fatality investigations workplace fatality reports

Title and publication information

Type
Report
Extent

13 pages

Frequency

Once

Publisher / Creator Information

Publisher

Labour and Immigration

Place of Publication

Edmonton

Subject Information

Spatial Coverage

Drayton Valley

Start Date

2017-08-03

End Date

2017-08-03

Resource Dates

Date Created

2020-04-25

Date Added

2020-08-11T19:14:31.315073

Date Modified

2020-04-25

Date Issued

2020-08-11

Audience information

Identifiers

Local Identifier

Report No F-OHS-127136-57996

Usage / Licence

Usage Considerations

Alberta Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) investigates serious incidents, including fatalities, which occur at work sites that fall under provincial OHS legislation. After a serious incident or fatality takes place at a work site, OHS officers investigate the work site to determine the causes and circumstances of the incident or fatality. OHS prepares an investigation report summarizing the incident and then conducts an enforcement action review of the investigation, to determine if the incident file should be submitted to Alberta Justice for consideration for prosecution. OHS publishes the fatality investigation report online only after investigations and all court proceedings, if any, are completed.

Contact

Contact Name

Occupational Health and Safety. Investigation Unit

Contact Email

whs@gov.ab.ca

Contact Other

Phone 1-866-415-8690 (toll-free)