Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202469615 - Employee Suffers Fracture in Fall Off Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 202469615 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 01/07/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314823386	01/13/2011	0783	561730	Joe Benigno Tree Service

Abstract: On January 7, 2011, Employee #1 and Employee #2, of Joe Benigno Tree Service, had entered the hog box of the horizontal grinder (Mangum Force 6400T, Manufacturer: CBI Continental Biomass Industries, Incorporated, Date of Manufacturing.: April 2009, CBI Serial Number: 6400TC27HZK0330) to unstop a jam in the grinder. Employee #1 was exiting the hog box of a horizontal grinder and tripped on the top edge of the box. He fell approximately 8 ft and landed on his head. Employee #1 was transported to Mercy Hospital and subsequently to Bakersfield Memorial Hospital, Bakersfield, CA. He was treated for a fracture to the c7 vertebrate in his neck. Employee #2 was unharmed. At the time the division anticipated issuing a serious accident related citation of Title 8 Calif. Code of Regulations 3210(b).

Keywords: GRINDER, FRACTURE, HEAD, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, JAMMED, FALL, NECK, VERTEBRA, MECH MALFUNCTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314823386			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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