Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202507950 - Employee Gets Fatally Crushed by a Brush Chipper

Accident Summary Nr: 202507950 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 11/15/2010
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314325382	11/15/2010	0783	561730	John Charles Traverso Dba Traverso Tree Service

Abstract: On November 15, 2010 Employee #1 was fatally injured while operating a brush chipper machine. Employee # 1 was feeding a brush chipper machine with cut branches and tree trimmings. Employees #2 and #3 were also gathering cut branches and feeding them into the brush chipper machine. Both Employee #2 and Employee #3 stated they heard a weird noise and when they turned their head to see where the noise was coming from, they both saw Employee #1 inside the in-feed chute of the brush chipper machine. Employee #1 was already dead when Employee #2 reached employee #1 after turning off the brush chipper machine.

Keywords: CHIPPER, CRUSHED, TREE TRIMMING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314325382			Fatality	Other	Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm

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