Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170627889 - Employee Decapitated by Chipper Accident

Accident Summary Nr: 170627889 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 01/12/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314575184	01/12/2012	0783	561730	Bushwackers Inc

Abstract: At approximately 9:00 a.m. on January 12, 2012, Employee #1 was killed while feeding brush into a large, commercial-grade wood chipper. Employee #1 and his coworkers, were trimming and chipping brush at a private residence. Employee #1 was operating the chipper and his coworkers were cutting and bundling brush downhill form the chipper. For reasons yet unknown, a small diameter rope passed thru the in feed rollers and became entangled in the chipper drum, while apparently being looped around Emplolyee #1's neck. The force on the rope was so great that Emplloyee #1 was decapitated prior to contacting the in feed rollers.

Keywords: HEAD, CHIPPER, NECK, DECAPITATED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314575184			Fatality	Amputation	Timber cutting and logging occupations

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