Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201160561 - EMPLOYEE'S THUMB CRUSHED BETWEEN MACHINE CONTROL BOXES

Accident Summary Nr: 201160561 -- Report ID: 0950641 -- Event Date: 02/01/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126054634	02/20/1998	0783	0	La City Public Works - Street Maintenance

Abstract: At about 9:00 a.m. on February 1, 1998, Employee #1 was grinding a tree stump with a stump grinding machine. The machine controls were on a movable control box at the end of an electric cable attached to the machine. The machine failed to operate properly during the stump grinding operation. Employee #1 placed the machine control box on the machine's platform next to a fined-in-place hydraulic override system. He accidentally hit a switch which rotated a section of the platform. The platform pushed the machine control box closer to the hydraulic override system, and crushed his right thumb between the machine control box and the hydraulic override system. He was treated for his injuries and released from the hospital.

Keywords: FRACTURE, TREE STUMPING, THUMB, CRUSHED, LACERATION, GRINDING MACHINE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126054634			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Forestry workers, except logging

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