OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #692962
J. T. BRIZENDINE LUMBER CO.
HOWERTON, VA·
Event description
Employee dies of liver laceration from kicked back lumber
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:00 p.m. on August 16, 1988, Employee #1 was operating a miner double bay edger. The edger had seven saws and rough hewn pine 2 by 6s were bei ng ripped from the timbers. The feed opening of the miner double bay edger was e quipped with anti-kick fingers, or dogs, across the entire opening. Employee #1 was struck by a piece of pine lumber, which looked like a large splinter, that h ad kicked back through the dogs. He suffered a lacerated liver, was hospitalized , and later died. Edger operators had been instructed to stand to the side. Empl oyee #1 had worked for this employer for 20 years. He had been operating edgers for 10 years and had been operating this particular edger before.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 27
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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