OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #733972
SOUTH-JONES TIMBER CO, INC.
EVANSTON, WY·
Event description
Employee killed when abdomen punctured by kicked-back wood
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using a Salem Equipment, Inc., edger, #76-69428. When he lifted a feed roller, a piece of wood came out of the machine, parting the kickback fin gers and puncturing Employee #1 in the abdomen. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 495
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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