Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201021656 - Employee Is Caught in Machine and Is Drowned

Accident Summary Nr: 201021656 -- Report ID: 0950615 -- Event Date: 04/16/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300749744	04/16/2008	0762	115116	Nissen Vineyard Services Inc.

Abstract: At 7:55 a.m. on April 16, 2008, Employee #1, an employee of Nissen Vineyard Services, Inc., a vineyard management company, was found in an irrigation pond at Clover Valley Vineyard in Upper Lake, California. Employee #1 was assigned to turn on an irrigation system at about midnight due to a frost warning. The irrigation pump was connected to an unguarded drive shaft and a V8 engine. The string of Employee #1's hooded sweatshirt apparently got caught in the drive shaft and wound around it, causing his left arm to be amputated near the shoulder and his body was thrown into the irrigation pond. There were no witnesses to the incident.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, CAUGHT BY, ARM, DROWN, IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT, DRIVE SHAFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300749744			Fatality	Other	Laborers, except construction

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