OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #605675
JAMES LEE COMPANY
LULA, GA·
Event description
STRUCK IN CHEST BY CHAIN SAW TOOTH
Investigation abstract
ON JUNE 4, 1986, AT 11:30 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TRIMMING LIMBS FROM A LOG. THE CHA IN SAW CHAIN BROKE, SENDING A TOOTH OF THE CHAIN FLYING WITH GREAT VELOCITY TOWA RD EMPLOYEE #1. THE TOOTH STRUCK HIM IN THE CHEST, PENETRATING THROUGH, AND SEVE RING, HIS CORONARY ARTERY. THE CHAIN SAW WAS A STIHL 038AV, WITH 18 INCH BAR AND OREGON CHAIN. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 21
- Occupation code
- 496
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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