Accident Report Detail
Accident: 202345328 - Employee Pulled Into Chipper And Killed
Accident: 202345328 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 07/06/2005 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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309088490 | 07/07/2005 | 1629 | James Hardman Construction | ||||
On July 6, 2005, Employee #1, a laborer, was feeding landscape clearing materials into a large chipper. The chipper, a Brush Bandit (model number 1890), was manufactured by Bandit Industries and diesel powered; capable of chipping trees 18-in. in diameter. The employee had been seen on several occasions standing on the feed tray pushing brush into the chipper with his feet. On this particular day he was pulled into the chipper and discharged. Employee #1 was killed. | |||||||
Keywords:
brush chipper, work rules, caught by, chipper
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End Use | Proj Type | Proj Cost | Stories | NonBldgHt | Fatality | ||
Single family or duplex dwelling | Other | Under $50,000 | X | ||||
Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | Construction |
1 | 309088490 | Fatality | Other | Construction laborers | FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Site clearing and grubbing FatCause: Caught in stationary equipment |