OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14478259
COUNTY FOREST PRODUCTS, INC.
CRYSTAL, ME·
Event description
Employee killed after striking against moving saw blade
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working at a sawmill. When a piece of wood became jammed between the saw and the mounting table of a 1972 Forest All carriage saw, the sawyer sh ut down the saws. Employee #1 attempted to free the wood from the lower saw blad e before the upper one was idle. He came in contact with the rotating 3 ft diame ter blade, amputating his arm and sustaining a fatal head wound. Employee #1 did not lock out the equipment before trying to unjam it and he did not wait until the saws were completely idle before entering the carriage runway .
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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