Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201108412 - Employee Injures Leg When Caught in Auger

Accident Summary Nr: 201108412 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 09/07/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300824109	09/07/2006	0722	115113	East Side Management

Abstract: Employee #1 was standing on the edge of an almond harvester gondola. Employee #1 did not notify the tractor driver when he started to drive forward. Employee #1 was on the edge of the harvester gondola and fell into the gondola. The gondola's augers caught Employee #1's leg below the knee. The driver backed-up releasing Employee #1's leg. Employee #1 suffered major lacerations, factures and nerve damage to his lower left leg. The physician's opinion is that the leg will need to be amputated, but Employee #1 refused this option. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HARVESTER, LACERATION, AUGER, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300824109			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Laborers, except construction

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