OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14347306
STERLING WOOD PRODUCTS
STERLING, GA·
Event description
STRUCK BY LOG FEEDING INTO CHIP-N-SAW MACHINE
Investigation abstract
ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1986, AT ABOUT 5 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 DECIDED TO CHECK ON A CHIP-N-S G BY EYE, OUT OF THE CHIP-N-SAW AND THROUGH THE BANDSAW, UNTIL THE LOG WAS CLEAR . THE OPERATOR THEN LOOKED BACK TO HIS LEFT AND SAW EMPLOYEE #1 STARTING TO ENTE R THE 14 INCH ENTRANCE TO THE CHIP-N-SAW. A LOG FROM THE INFEED CONVEYOR WAS ALR EADY ON EMPLOYEE #1'S BACK. THE OPERATOR SHUT DOWN THE EQUIPMENT. TO FREE EMPLOY EE #1, THE LOG WAS PUSHED BACK OUT ONTO THE INFEED CONVEYORS. EMPLOYEE #1 SUSTAI NED FATAL CUTS AND LACERATIONS TO HIS FOREHEAD. EMPLOYEE #1 FAILED TO LOCK OUT P OWER TO THE CHIP-N-SAW MACHINE BEFORE ATTEMPTING REPAIRS. AW MACHINE, SN 4135-2, MADE BY CANADA CAR (PACIFIC DIVISION), HAWKER SIDDELEY CA NADA LTD. HE DISCUSSED THE PROBLEM, INVOLVING HYDRAULIC VALVE CONTROLLERS, WITH THE CHIP-N-SAW OPERATOR, THEN HAD HIM SHUT THE MACHINE OFF. HE CHECKED THE INFEE D SHIFT HYDRAULIC COMPONENT (IN A CABINET), THEN WALKED THROUGH A 14 INCH OPENIN G BETWEEN THE INFEED CHAIN AND THE CHIP-N-SAW ENTRANCE TO CHECK VALVES ON THE WE ST SIDE (OUT OF SIGHT OF THE OPERATOR). AFTER ABOUT A MINUTE, EMPLOYEE #1 LEANED THROUGH THE 14 INCH OPENING AND HAND SIGNALED THE OPERATOR TO START THE CHIP-N- SAW. AS THERE WAS A LOG ALREADY IN THE CHIP-N-SAW, THE OPERATOR FOLLOWED THIS LO
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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