Inspection Detail

Inspection: 120275284 - True Green Land Care

Inspection Information - Office: San Diego District Office

Inspection Nr: 120275284

Report ID: 0950632

Date Opened: 05/22/2001

Site Address:
True Green Land Care
20 4th Ave
Chula Vista, CA 91910

Mailing Address:
146 Railroad Ave, Monrovia, CA 91016

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:0783

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/22/2001

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 04/19/2002

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361644404

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201063799

Event: 05/21/2001

Employee Suffers Amputation Of Fingers

At approximately 12:15 p.m. on May 21, 2001, Employee #1 was engaged in trimming trees, and was feeding a freshly cut eucalyptus tree boughs into a chipping machine while his coworker was by the truck adjusting the chipper's chute. Employee #1 was feeding a large tree limb when his right glove was entangled in a large tree branch then pulled into the chipper's intake blades. Employee #1 was able to pull his fingers out before his whole body was feed into the chopping blades. Employee #1 was unable to reach the emergency stop-bar to stop the machine. Employee #1 suffered amputations of three middle right fingers below the second joint. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: BRUSH CHIPPER, AMPUTATED, FINGER, GLOVE, EMERGENCY STOP, BLADE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120275284			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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