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Accident: 202498168 - Employee'S Arm Is Amputated By Cable

Accident: 202498168 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 06/06/2008
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
31237537106/06/20086531Mount Olivet Cemetery, Inc.
On June 6, 2008, Employee #1 was feeding limbs into a wood chipper, when he observed that the 0.25-inch cable, which had been used to pull down a storm-damaged tree, was mixed in with the limbs. When he attempted to free the cable from the chipper, it caught and amputated his right forearm below the elbow. Employee #1 was taken to a shock trauma center, where the severed part of his arm was reattached.
Keywords: amputated, tree limb, wire rope, forearm, lockout, chipper, arm
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 312375371 Hospitalized injury Amputation Miscellaneous hand working occupations

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