Accident Report Detail
Accident: 202344495 - Employee Is Killed While Operating Wood Chipper
Accident: 202344495 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 04/29/2004 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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307707695 | 04/29/2004 | 0783 | Albury'S Tree Service | ||||
At approximately 5:15 p.m. on April 29, 2004, Employee #1, a wood chipper operator, was placing tree limbs and brush into the hopper of a chipper. A section of the brush began to fill up in the chipper, which prompted Employee #1 to climbed up onto the hopper's feed table and begin pushing the brush into the hopper, using his left foot. As he continued to push the brush with his foot, his right foot slipped. Employee #1's right foot was pulled into the hopper, causing massive lower body trauma. Employee #1 died. | |||||||
Keywords:
brush chipper, wood chips, amputated, tree limb, caught between, inexperience, safety bar, foot, hopper
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 307707695 | Fatality | Amputation | Occupation not reported |