Racetracks
Industry Summary
On Tuesday, November 20th 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Lexington, KY after learning of an incident at 60382 - Kenneth Mcpeek Racing Stable Inc which had occured on Saturday, November 10th 2018. A 42 year old employee had been killed when the
OSHA ID111185.015
Accident Date2018-11-10
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeOn November 10, 2018, an employee was working as a horse trainer and was conducting a training session. The accident occurred shortly after the track opened (approximately 5:45 AM) for training when the unraced 2-year-old New York Harbor, with the rider aboard, fell about a sixteenth of a mile before the finish line. The employee was killed from head and neck injuries.
The accident investigation below was opened on Thursday, November 2nd 2017 by OSHA representitives in Belle Rose, LA after learning of an incident at Circuit Grand Bayou, Llc which had occured on Friday, October 27th 2017. A 56 year old man working as a Equipment Operator: Heavy was killed on the job when the employee was overseeing burning fire and suffered first and se
OSHA ID100469.015
Accident Date2017-10-27
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 1:00 p.m. on October 27, 2017, an employee was trying to control a fire while moving some tires that had not caught on fire. The fire surged when fresh oxygen was introduced and the flames shot up, burning the employee's back and upper right arm. The employee suffered first and second degree burns.
OSHA investigators arrived in Los Alamitos, CA on Tuesday, March 7th 2017 and began an accident investigation at Mike Harrington. A 55 year old man working as a Animal caretaker was injured on the job when the employee fell from horse and suffered multiple injuries
OSHA ID94023.015
Accident Date2017-02-25
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt approximately 6:00 a.m. on February 25, 2017, Employee #1 was on a galloping horse coming back to the barn after exercising the horse. As his horse approached behind two younger horses, one of them became spooked which spooked Employee #1's horse. Employee #1's horse leaped and he fell and was struck by the horse. Employee #1 suffered multiple fractured ribs, hamstring avulsions and a fractured hernia and he was hospitalized.
OSHA Inspection Activity
Accident Rate
5 Year Average
0
Last 12 Months
0
Reporting Statistics
Inspection Records: 96
266.7%
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 15