OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221426117

TEN OAKS LLC

STUART, VA· 2021-09-08T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concussion, Feeding, Flying Object, Fracture, Head, Kick Back, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Milling Machine, Saw, Skull, Struck By, Wood Board
NAICS: 321918
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345642813
Employer profile: TEN OAKS LLC
Summary number: 221426117
Report ID: 0355118

Event description

Employee sustains head injuries when struck by flying wood b

Investigation abstract

At 1:30 p.m. on September 8, 2021, an employee working as a machine feeder for a mill working company was off bearing from a machine line. The employee was not in direct line with the rip saw, but a 1-3/4-inch by 3-foot length of oak wood kicked back from a different machine 76 feet away. The wood board struck the employee in the head. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured skull and a concussion.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 37 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
878

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