OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #800219
TIDEWATER LUMBER CO., INC.
DORCHESTER, SC·
Event description
Employee killed when caught between sawmill equipment
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating a debarker. When the sawmill shut down, Employee #1 wa s found with his head caught between a long conveyor frame, which moves up and d own, and the debarker. He was dead. The distance between the machine controls an d the conveyor frame is 8 in. when the frame is up and 3 in. when the frame is d own.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 733
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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