Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 100601.015 - Employee is injured while operating wood chipper

Accident Summary Nr: 100601.015 -- Report ID: 0950644 -- Event Date: 11/07/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1276375.015	11/07/2017		561730	O'Connell Landscape Maintenance Inc

Abstract: At 12:00 p.m. on November 7, 2017, an employee was loading branches into a wood chipper. During loading, some of the branches were entangled with rope. The employee did not see the rope and proceeded with loading the branches into the chipper. The employee soon was pulled closer to the wood chipper than planned, allowing for a branch to strike him in the head. The employee sustained a fractured skull and broken ribs, and he was hospitalized for treatment.

Keywords: Chipper, Entangled, Fracture, Head, Rib, Rope, Struck By, Tree Limb

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1276375.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury

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