OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #731919
MARKLEVILLE LUMBER CO INC
MARKLEVILLE, IN·
Event description
Employee killed when pinned between track stop and carriage
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was standing between the two track rails at the end of a log carriag e. He was making adjustments by changing the control settings in preparation for beginning to cut the third log that day. The cutting is done on a Windham head saw, model 203-2-A. As Employee #1 was making the adjustments, the carriage sudd enly started up, knocking him down. He was dragged underneath the carriage acros s several track crossbraces and became pinned between the track stop and the car riage. Employee #1 sustained multiple crushing injuries and died a short time af ter arriving at the hospital.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 727
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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