Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 4008.015 - Employee is killed when caught in a portable wood chipper

Accident Summary Nr: 4008.015 -- Report ID: 0524530 -- Event Date: 11/18/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109246.015	11/18/2011		561730	Andrew T Jacobs

Abstract: At 10:15 on November 18, 2011, an employee was feeding small limbs into a wood chipper from an oak tree, which the company was trimming from a residential site. The employee was operating a Vermeer BC 1800 Auto Feed II Wood Chipper. While feeding a Y-shaped branch into the machine, a portion of clothing caught on to the branch. The employee was drawn into the machine and was amputated from head to chest. The machine lacked a bottom-feed stop bar.

Keywords: Amputation, Caught In, Chipper, Tree Limb, Tree Trimming

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109246.015	52	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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