Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200603454 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed by Grinder

Accident Summary Nr: 200603454 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 10/02/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309755122	10/06/2006	0782	561730	Arlen Becker Inc

Abstract: On October 1, 2006, Employee #1 was using a cable attached to a Bobcat Skid Steerer to pull trees to a Tushogg brush clearing machine, which was grinding fallen trees and tree stumps. One end of the cable had a hook that attached to the tree being pulled by the Bobcat Skid Steerer. Employee #1 removed the hook from the tree and was walking towards the Bobcat Skid Steerer. The Tushogg grinding barrel caught the cable and started to wrap it around the rotating barrel of the grinder. The hook got caught on Employee #1's leg and he was pulled into the machine where he was crushed and killed.

Keywords: GRINDER, ROTATING PARTS, WIRE ROPE, CRUSHED, TREE, SKIDDER, LEG

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Single family or duplex dwelling		New project or new addition		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	309755122			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Site clearing and grubbing Fatality Cause: Crushed/run-over/trapped of operator by operating

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