OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #689117
POTLATCH CORPORATION (BEMIDJI OSB)
BEMIDJI, MN·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by overhead conveyor
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was attempting to replace a section of deflection board under the co nveyor in the caul plate separator area and had positioned himself under the ove rhead conveyor. The deflector board became caught in a floor trough scrap convey or, which tipped up the board, catching Employee #1 under the chin. His head was lifted up alongside the moving belt of the overhead conveyor at the same time a 1,000 lb steel caul plate was passing by. The caul plate partially decapitated Employee #1 above the eyebrow.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 843
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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