OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #606202
AUGUSTA NEWSPRINT COMPANY
AUGUSTA, GA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN DIVERTER GATE AND BEAM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS IN THE CONTROL ROOM SORTING LOGS WHEN A LOG JAM OCCURRED AT THE DIVERTER GATE AREA, LOCATED ABOVE THE DEBARKING DRUM. EMPLOYEE #1 LEFT THE CONTR OL ROOM TO INVESTIGATE THE JAM AT THE DIVERTER GATE. HE WAS INVESTIGATING THE LO G JAM WHEN THE HYDRAULIC PUMP OVERHEATED, MOVING THE DIVERTER GATE AGAINST A STE EL BEAM AND CRUSHING HIM AGAINST THE BEAM. THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE DIVERTER GAT E AND THE BEAM WAS 10 INCHES. LOCKOUT PROCEDURES WERE NOT USED AT THE TIME OF TH E ACCIDENT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 40 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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