OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14394399
TULLOS LUMBER COMPANY OF LASALLE, INC.
JENA, LA·
Event description
Employee killed when caught in chain and sprocket
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was a sorter at the outfeed belt of a ball edger, sending lumber eit her to the trimmer or back to the edger. Although no lumber was being processed because of a problem elsewhere in the mill, the edger belt was left running. Emp loyee #1 had gone to help a coworker straighten some crooked lumber, and as he r eturned to his work station, he became caught by an unguarded chain and sprocket powered by a General Electric 3HP motor, frame #184-T. Employee #1 was pulled i nto the rotating part up to his shoulder. Major arteries were severed and he die d.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 Male
- Nature of injury
- Amputation (1)
- Part of body
- SHOULDER (21)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MACHINE (26)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- SAFETY DEVICES REMOVED/INOPER. (9)
- Environmental factor
- CATCH POINT/PUNCTURE ACTION (2)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.