Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139119.015 - Employee lacerates leg and ankle when struck by stump grinde

Accident Summary Nr: 139119.015 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 05/13/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1531937.015	05/20/2021		531312	Seltzer-Doren Management Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on May 13, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a property management company was assisting a coworker (supervisor) with removing a stump. The employee was in front of a powered mobile stump grinder during operation with his hands on the grinder helping to move it back over the stump. The grinder blades struck the employee in his left leg. The employee required hospitalization for surgery for deep lacerations to his leg and ankle.

Keywords: Ankle, Blade, Cut, Cutter, Cutting, Grinder, Grinding, Grinding Machine, Inexperience, Laborer, Laceration, Leg, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Removing, Struck Against, Stumper, Supervisor, Tree, Tree Stumping, Unsafe Position, Unstable Position, Unstable Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1531937.015	74	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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