Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 171060692 - Employee hit by trunk out of chipper

Accident Summary Nr: 171060692 -- Report ID: 0854910 -- Event Date: 03/03/2001
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303615132	03/14/2001	0783	0	David K Service

Abstract: An employee was feeding branches that had been trimmed off of a tree into the mouth of a chipper. He was standing to the left and behind the end of the chipper. This put him in front of the input end of the chipper. He was hit by the material coming out of the chipper. The employee had three bones broken on the left side of his head, just below and around the temple. He was transported for treatment to the hospital.

Keywords: HEAD, CHIPPER, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303615132			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Slicing and cutting machine operators

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