OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221402480

ALPINE TREE & LANDSCAPE SERVICING

WEST BLOOMFIELD, MI· 2021-10-18T00:00:00

Event: Amputated, Amputation, Arm, Blade, Caught Between, Caught By, Caught In, Head, Pulled In, Tree Care
NAICS: 561730
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345585152
Employer profile: ALPINE TREE & LANDSCAPE SERVICING
Summary number: 221402480
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee is killed when pulled into wood chipper

Investigation abstract

At 8:45 a.m. on October 18, 2021, an employee was feeding brush and branches into a Bandit wood chipper. As the employee was feeding brush and branches into the wood chipper, the employee's right arm was caught in the wood chipper's rotary blades, and the employee was pulled into the blades. The employee's right arm was amputated, and the employee sustained head injuries. The employee was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 45 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
889

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