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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #902338

LUMBER,SAWMILL,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT

Event
LUMBER,SAWMILL,STRUCK BY,FLYING OBJECT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
902338
Report ID
551800

Event description

EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY FLYING WOOD PROJECTILE

Investigation abstract

At 10:20 a.m., Employee #1 was off-bearing cut lumber from the head saw conveyor such kickbacks. The flying projectile traveled 86 in. through the air, struck Em ployee #1 and fractured his clavicle bone, the first rib on his left side, and s evering his aorta; killing him instantly. and feeding lumber measuring 14 in. wide by 9 ft long, through the Corley edger machine, which had six 18 in. carbide saw blades spaced at variant widths. Empl oyee #1 was cutting lumber into pieces that were 3.75 in. wide by 9 ft long by . 75 in. thick. After completing two such large pieces, and while feeding a third large piece through the machine, one of the already cut pieces rode up between t wo blades, was caught by the upper thrust of the blade rotation, and was thrown at high speed through a 1.25 in. space between the top of the machine head and t he top of the anti-kickback device guarding the point of operation against just

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 39 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    1
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    727
    Human factor
    8
    Environmental factor
    5
    Task assigned
    1

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