Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200961944 - Employee's arm lacerated when caught by stump grinder

Accident Summary Nr: 200961944 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 03/25/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302018858	03/27/1998	0782	0	E & M Services

Abstract: Employee #1 and another landscape worker were removing tree stumps from the ground. The coworker was operating a gasoline-powered stump grinding machine while Employee #1 used a shovel to remove the wood chips from the stump area. Employee #1 got too close to the machine and the blade caught his shirt sleeve, pulling his left forearm into the rotating cutting lugs. He sustained serious lacerations, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: CLOTHING, GRINDER, CLEARANCE, ROTATING PARTS, ROTATING KNIFE, WORK RULES, FOREARM, CAUGHT BY, LACERATION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302018858			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm

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