Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Groundsman on Tree211 Trimming Crew Caught in Wood Chipper, North Carolina

摘要

On May 27, 1998, a 28-year-old-groundsman (the victim) died after he was caught211u001eand pulled into a wood chipper. The victim and two co-workers, a foreman and a 211u001eclimber, were cleaning up limbs after pruning a tulip poplar tree behind a 211u001etownhouse. While the tree climber and the foreman were at the rear of the 211u001ebuilding gathering loose branches, the victim was positioned near the wood 211u001echipper, in the cul-de-sac at the front of the townhouse. When the climber 211u001eapproached the chipper with a load of branches, he noticed the victim's legs 211u001esticking out of the chipper's feed chute. He ran to the rear of the residence and 211u001enotified the foreman. The foreman sent him back to shut down the chipper while he 211u001ecalled 911. A local emergency rescue squad responded; however, the victim was 211u001edead at the scene.