OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14335848
UNION CAMP CORP., BUILDING PRODUCTS DIV.
CHAPMAN, AL·
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIED OF HEAT STROKE WHILE PULLING WOOD OFF CONVEYOR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PULLING ROUGH-CUT PIECES OF PINE 4 BY 4'S FROM A CHAIN CONVEYOR ONTO A HYDRAULIC LIFT WHEN HE BECAME ILL. THE TEMPERATURE AT THE TIME THE EMPLOY EE DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS WAS WITHIN RECOMMENDED LIMITS FOR HEALTHY, ACCLIMATIZED WO RKERS. NO CITATION WAS ISSUED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 15
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 23
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 11
- Hazardous substance
- 8330
- Task assigned
- 1
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