OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14478226
ROBBINS LUMBER
SEARSMONT, ME·
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL AND SUFFERED SKULL FRACTURE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 ATTEMPTED TO CLEAR A SCRAP LUMBER JAM ON A VIBRATOR CONVEYOR WHICH F ND DIED 2 DAYS LATER. ED SCRAP LUMBER TO THE CLIPPER. THE VIBRATING CONVEYOR IS LOCATED IN THE BASEMEN T AND RUNS THROUGH A FEED BIN WHICH EXTENDS FROM THE BASEMENT, 7 FEET, 3 INCHES TO THE SAWMILL'S FIRST FLOOR. A FLOOR CHAIN CONVEYOR IS LOCATED ON THE FIRST FLO OR AND DUMPS SCRAP WOOD INTO THE BIN. EMPLOYEE #1 SHUT DOWN ALL THE CONVEYORS WH ICH PRESENTED AN OVERHEAD HAZARD AND WHICH FED THE VIBRATING CONVEYOR. EMPLOYEE #1 ACTUATED THE WARNING LIGHT TO WARN THE OTHER EMPLOYEES ON THE FIRST FLOOR THA T HE WAS IN THE BIN. A FEW MINUTES LATER, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FOUND LYING ON THE VIB RATOR CONVEYOR. NO ONE SAW THE ACCIDENT. EMPLOYEE #1 RECIEVED A SKULL FRACTURE A
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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