OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14506919
LOUISIANA PACIFIC CORP.
WALDEN, CO·
Event description
Employee killed when clothing caught by rotating shaft
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a debarker operator, was clearing a wood jam in a sawmill. He climb ed into a nearby conveyor pit but failed to perform the electrical lockout proce dure and left one conveyor running. Employee #1 came into contact with a rotatin g shaft that had an unprotected keyway slot. His clothes wrapped around the rota ting shaft, strangling and killing him. Employee #1 was found after several minu tes, but attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 779
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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