OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221387160

WHEELAND LUMBER COMPANY INC

LIBERTY, PA· 2021-08-30T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Catch Point, Caught In, Chop Saw, Circuit Breaker, Clearing, Conveyor, Conveyor Belt, Crushed, Dislocated, Fracture, Jammed, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Lumber, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pulled In, Pulley, Shoulder, Shoulder Bone, Waste Disposal, Wood
NAICS: 321113
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345505960
Employer profile: WHEELAND LUMBER COMPANY INC
Summary number: 221387160
Report ID: 0317700

Event description

Employee fractures and dislocates arm when caught in conveyo

Investigation abstract

At 7:30 a.m. on August 30, 2021, an employee working as a machine operator for a lumber company was using the waste conveyor. The chop saw jammed and the circuit breaker tripped causing the conveyor to stop. The employee reset the breaker and cleared wood pieces from the conveyor without locking out the equipment. The employee told a coworker, a second operator, to restart the conveyor. With the conveyor restarted, the employee attempted to remove another piece of wood from the conveyor. The employee caught his right arm in the conveyor belt causing his arm to be pulled between the belt and conveyor tail pulley. The employer was hospitalized to treat a fractured and dislocated arm and shoulder.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 29 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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