OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14254379
ALLEN BROTHERS TIMBER COMPANY, INC.
NORMAN, NC·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED BY GANG SAW NOT LOCKED OUT
Investigation abstract
AT 1:45 PM ON MARCH 17, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, THE OFF-BEARER ON THE GREEN END OF A FRICK 48 INCH COMBINATION GANG SAW RAISED THE LID OVER THE BLADES WITH HIS LEFT HAND TO REMOVE A PIECE OF LOG CAUGHT IN THE SAW. ANOTHER WORKER MISTAKENLY START ED, THEN IMMEDIATELY STOPPED, THE SAW. EMPLOYEE # 1 WAS DRAWN INTO THE MACHINE. HIS RIGHT ARM WAS PARTIALLY SEVERED. FOUR OF EIGHT 48 INCH SAW BLADES PIERCED TH E RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BACK. THE BLADES WERE BACKED UP TO REMOVE EMPLOYEE #1, WHO H AD DIED. THE SWITCH FOR THE ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT WAS NOT OPEN AND TAGGED, BLOCKE D OR LOCKED OUT BEFORE WORK ON THE SAW WAS PERFORMED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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