OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14349096

STERLING LUMBER & SUPPLY CO., INC.

GOODWATER, AL· 1988-08-09T00:00:00

Event: COVER, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, CHIPPER, BOLT, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #105993745
Employer profile: STERLING LUMBER & SUPPLY CO., INC.
Summary number: 14349096
Report ID: 418300

Event description

Employee killed when struck by chipper cover

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 pushed the START button on a chipper. After the machine was up to fu ll speed, he pressed the feed conveyor's START button. At this point, the chippe r cover blew off and struck Employee #1, who was standing in front of the machin e, killing him. The bolts securing a set of knives in place apparently came loos e or broke, either from metal fatigue or stress caused by overtightening the bol ts

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 22 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
26

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
5

Task assigned
1

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