OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14516652
ATLANTIC HOLDING CORP, D/B/A TERRA RESOURCES
DADE CITY, FL·
Event description
Employee killed in fall onto saw blade
Investigation abstract
On or about May 19, 1987, Employee #1, age 20, climbed to the log deck of a carr iage saw to help unjam some logs. He lost his grip on a wet cypress log, fell ba ckward to his left, and struck his back against the 54 inch carriage saw blade. Employee #1 suffered a severe laceration running diagonally from his upper right side, and the upper part of his right arm was almost severed. He died as a resu lt of excessive loss of blood. The saw is routinely left running during the unja mming operation, which is performed two to three times a day.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 856
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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