OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14202741
SEVERED,WIRE ROPE,HEMORRHAGE,WORK RULES,DRUM,CAUGHT BY,TOE,ENTANGLED,FOOT,LEG
Event description
Employee killed when leg caught by cable
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:00 p.m. on January 18, 1990, Employee #1, an operator for the ued to wind, running underneath him until the transfer put the stops on. Employe e #1 was found lying on the transfer deck in the fetal position with his left le g torn off just below the knee and multiple injuries to the rest of the leg, the lower abdomen, and pelvic area. Emergency first aid was summoned and administer ed. Employee #1 was then transported to Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Prineville, where his condition was stabilized. He was then airlifted to St. Charles Medica l Center in Bend, OR, and there he subsequently died of extensive hemorrhaging. lumber transfer deck, which transfers lumber to and from the dry kilns, was rew inding a 180-foot-long, 0.5-inch-diameter steel cable on the underwind drum of t he transfer so that it would be straight for the next shift. The cable was tailh olded on the east end of the transfer track and had been run off 180 feet to the west. Apparently, Employee #1 had put the transfer drum in gear with the brake dragging on the transfer and was attempting to guide the first wrap next to the drum flange with his foot when the wrap caught his toe. He was pulled into the d rum in successive wraps until his leg was severed, freeing him. The cable contin
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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