Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201611761 - Employee injured when leg amputated by a bale cutter

Accident Summary Nr: 201611761 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 03/11/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303351191	03/13/2000	0139	0	Leon S Eichler

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on March 11, 2000, Employee #1 was operating a bale cutter. There were no witnesses to this accident. For reasons unknown, Employee #1 stepped into the compressing chamber of the cutter while it was energized. The hydraulic ram pushed his leg along with the hay and compressed it against the end section of the compressing chamber, where the cutting iron is located. Employee #1's leg was amputated and he was hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FARM MACHINERY, CAUGHT BETWEEN, BALER, BLADE, LEG, RAM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303351191			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Farm workers

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