Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170587729 - Employee's leg amputated in stump grinder

Accident Summary Nr: 170587729 -- Report ID: 0950631 -- Event Date: 04/22/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125904672	05/03/1996	0783	0	S C Yamamoto Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, a landscape laborer, was operating a tree stump grinder on a level grassy area. The wheel drive cable linkage, which also controls the deadman switch and the brake for the drive wheels, broke. The grinding lugs were still turning and Employee #1 tried to move around the grinder to turn it off. He slipped and the lugs caught his leg above the ankle, amputating it.

Keywords: GRINDER, ROTATING PARTS, AMPUTATED, SLIP, BROKEN CABLE, CAUGHT BY, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125904672			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm

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