Tree Trimmer Dies When Pulled into in a Brush Chipper

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE00CA010

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Tree Trimmer Dies When Pulled into in a Brush Chipper

2001/04/19
By California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ...
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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English

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California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ; California. Department of Health Services. Occupational Health Branch

California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ; California. Department of Health Services. Occupational Health Branch Less -
Description:

A 33-year-old male tree trimmer died when pulled into a brush chipper at a job site. The decedent was chipping small and medium size tree limbs being piled by other workers around the perimeter of a job site. The decedent was working alone at the brush chipper. Co-workers said they heard a strange noise come from the brush chipper. The supervisor on the job went to investigate, discovered the decedent's remains, and immediately called 911. Although the incident was unwitnessed, police concluded that the victim either lost his balance while feeding material into the chipper or was leaning across the feed table pushing trimmings into the feed chute when his gloves were caught by the feed rollers, and he was pulled through the chipper blades. The CA/FACE investigator determined that, in order to prevent future occurrences, employers, as part of their Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) should: 1. Ensure that all employees use a long limb, branch, or a push stick to feed small trimmings into the brush chippers. 2. Ensure that all employees stand to the side of the feed table when feeding trimmings into the brush chipper. 3. Designate another employee as a safety watch when trimmings are being fed into the brush chipper.
Content Notes:

Publication Date provided by FACE program; not printed on the report.
Subjects:

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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accidents Equipment-operators Forestry Forestry-workers Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 9 Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine General (0015) ; Waste Management and Remediation Services (0027) ; Landscaping Services (0028)

All (0000) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine General (0015) ; Waste Management and Remediation Services (0027) ; Landscaping Services (0028) Less -
Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE00CA010
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

California ; OSHA Region 9

California ; OSHA Region 9 Less -
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

4 pdf pages
NIOSHTIC Number:

20027260
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2007-111625
Citation:

Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 00CA010, 2001 Apr; :1-4
Federal Fiscal Year:

2001
Performing Organization:

California Department of Health Services
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

56 - Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1991/09/30
End Date:

2006/08/31
Resource Number:

FACE-00CA010
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Main Document Checksum:

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urn:sha-512:facccee6599ecdcf1cd6261ed12300c7031d0b86c5c2dbcad1b2a4fd177550ae5d767c7481855ac1479cb689cb40b4a1364fc7ad20ba825163709fbfbf0b302c
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