Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201061553 - Employee pinned by rotary cutter

Accident Summary Nr: 201061553 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 09/29/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120139316	09/29/1998	0782	0	Bourgeois Inc

Abstract: At about 11:40 a.m. on September 29, 1998, Employee #1, a 35-year-old tractor driver, was seen standing under the raised blade area attempting to fix a blade that had fallen off. Employee #1 sent another worker to the his truck to pick up a smaller bolt. Meanwhile, he drove a bushing into the slot for the blade attachment bolt. Employee #1 was fatally injured when the rotary cutter attached to the forks of his tractor fell on him, pinning him to the ground and killing him.

Keywords: PINNED, BOLT, STRUCK BY, TRACTOR, BLADE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120139316			Fatality	Asphyxia	Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm

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