Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170168058 - Employee injured when struck by log falling out of grinder

Accident Summary Nr: 170168058 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 03/30/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111960027	05/02/1991	2499	0	West Coast Fuel Supply, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on March 30, 1991, Employee #1 was testing a new stump grinder. A log had been dumped into the hopper by a front-end loader and he thought it had been completely ground. He looked under the conveyor where he had stuck a piece of a log with a cable hooked to it so that he could pull it out and check the grinding function. For some reason, the 8 in. diameter, 4 to 5 ft long log dropped out of the hopper and fell approximately 2 ft onto Employee #1. He was taken to Rideout Hospital in Marysville, CA, where he was treated for a sore shoulder and then released.

Keywords: GRINDER, SHOULDER, LOG, CONVEYOR, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, CONTUSION, HOPPER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111960027			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Supervisors, production occupations

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