OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14352215
UNION CAMP CORPORATION - BUILDING PRODUCTS DIVN
MELDRIM, GA·
Event description
STRUCK BY FALLING LOG
Investigation abstract
ON OCTOBER 14, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 10:20 AM, THE CUTOFF SAW OPERATOR CUT A CR STRUCK BY THE FALLING LOG. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY FROM SPINAL CORD SEPARATION TRAUMA. OOKED LOG. AS THE LOG WAS CARRIED ALONG THE B-LINE LOG HAUL CONVEYOR TOWARD THE DEBARKER, IT GOT HUNG UP AND WAS EJECTED FROM THE CONVEYOR. THE CUT-OFF SAW OPER ATOR OBSERVED THE LOG JUMP OVER THE (SPROCKET WHEEL & CHAIN) POWER TRANSMISSION ALONG THE SIDE OF THE CONVEYOR TROUGH AND FALL DOWNSTAIRS. THE CUTOFF SAW OPERAT OR CUT ANOTHER LOG AND REALIZED THAT HE HADN'T SEEN EMPLOYEE #1 AROUND FOR A WHI LE. HE SHUT DOWN ALL THE EQUIPMENT AND WENT DOWNSTAIRS WHERE EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEE N CLEANING. HE IMMEDIATELY FOUND EMPLOYEE #1 ON THE FLOOR BY THE B-LINE WASTE CO NVEYOR, WITH THE CROOKED LOG LYING NEXT TO HIM. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD APPARENTLY BEEN
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 29
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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