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OSHA Investigates Tractor Death of New York Landscaping Worker

The Occupational Safety Hazard Administration (OSHA) is investigating the death of a New York landscaper who died on the job in South Bristol, NY, at the beginning of September. Ontario County Sheriff's Deputies reported that the man, 55-year-old James Meisenzahl, was clearing away some small trees and brush on a hillside when his 2007 Bobcat T300 tractor flipped over and rolled down the hill.

The fatal New York worker accident took place near County Road 12 in Ontario County. At almost three in the afternoon. According to the man who found the on-the-job accident victim, Meisenzahl was found slumped over in the tractor, which had come to rest in an upright position. The man who found the dead contract worker, property owner John Allhusen, had hired him to clear the brush and was stopping in to check on his progress clearing the field.

Meisenzahl was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency responders. Although it is likely that he died of a severe head injury after being crushed by the heavy equipment, an autopsy is being performed to confirm the cause of death. The man was from Naples, NY, and had been hired for contracted construction work throughout the region for the last decade.

"He was a well-respected craftsman and a nice person," said Gail Musnicki, manager of Bristol Builders. "We were friendly competitors."

The federal Occupational Safety Hazard Administration (OSHA) was notified of the NY worker accident and will investigate with the help of Ontario County Sheriff's Deputies.

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