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Accident: 128536.015 - Employee Is Killed While Feeding Brush Into Brush Chipper
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1485976.015 | 07/30/2020 | Lpz Landscape & Tree Solutions Llc |
At 9:30 a.m. on July 30, 2020, an employee was feeding brush into a brush chippe r. The employee was feeding limbs into a brush chipper and there was a section o f rope that was entangled within the limbs when the employee fed the tree limbs into the chipper. The employee was pulled into or was struck against the chippe r and received multiple injuries, including brain injury, skull fracture, a pun ctured lung, and multiple abrasions. The employee died from the injuries sustain ed during the incident.
Keywords:
abrasion, brush chipper, caught by, caught in, fracture, landscaper, lung, skull, struck against, tree limb
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1485976.015 | 39 | M | Fatality | Laborers, except construction |