OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221398126

MAST SAWING LLC

FREDERICKSBURG, OH· 2021-09-24T00:00:00

Event: Back-Up Alarm, Backing Up, Caught Between, Crushed, Front End Loader, Inadequate Maint, Industrial Truck, Loader, Lumber, Lumber Stack, Material Handling, Mill--Plant, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Sawmill, Struck By, Training, Untrained, Wheel Loader
NAICS: 321920
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345560270
Employer profile: MAST SAWING LLC
Summary number: 221398126
Report ID: 0522300

Event description

Employee is pinned by loader and crushed, later dies

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on September 24, 2019, an employee was moving a stack of wood as a coworker operating a CAT Model 924K wheel loader was backing up nearby after placing a stack of wood onto another pile. The coworker struck the employee and pinned him between the stack of wood and the front end of the loader. The employee incurred multiple crushing injuries and was transported to the hospital, where he died three days later.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 17 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
727

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