Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 201063799 - Employee Suffers Amputation Of Fingers
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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120275284 | 05/22/2001 | 0783 | 0 | True Green Land Care |
Abstract: At approximately 12:15 p.m. on May 21, 2001, Employee #1 was engaged in trimming trees, and was feeding a freshly cut eucalyptus tree boughs into a chipping machine while his coworker was by the truck adjusting the chipper's chute. Employee #1 was feeding a large tree limb when his right glove was entangled in a large tree branch then pulled into the chipper's intake blades. Employee #1 was able to pull his fingers out before his whole body was feed into the chopping blades. Employee #1 was unable to reach the emergency stop-bar to stop the machine. Employee #1 suffered amputations of three middle right fingers below the second joint. Employee #1 was hospitalized.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 120275284 | Hospitalized injury | Amputation | Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators |