Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200676179 - Employee Is Found Dead Buried in Pile of Mulch

Accident Summary Nr: 200676179 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 08/24/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310209291	08/24/2006	0783	561730	Top Notch Tree Farm, Inc.

Abstract: On August 24, 2006, Employee #1 was operating a John Deer 400X combination loader and excavator. He was moving mulch from a pile that was approximately 30 ft high and somehow became buried in it. When he was found he was not in the equipment but buried in the pile of mulch. He was dead.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, EXCAVATOR, BURIED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310209291			Fatality	Amputation	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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