OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #977512
BAISLEY LUMBER COMPANY
CROSSVILLE, TN·
Event description
Employee killed when caught in edger
Investigation abstract
At 7:00 a.m. on August 20, 1987, Employee #1 and coworkers entered the work area had been severely damaged by the saw blades and he had been killed. and began routine cleaning of bark particles out of the machinery from previous sawing activity. All the machines were then lubricated and serviced, as necessa ry. At 7:45 a.m., two GM 75 HP diesel engines used to operate the saw equipment were started and allowed to warm up for five minutes. At 7:50 a.m., a coworker h eard the engine that was operating the J. A. Vance gang edger stop suddenly. He turned around to see what had happened and noticed blood, which he first thought to be transmission fluid. The coworker then saw Employee #1 lying on the ground , his upper body extending into the lower part of the edger. The employee's head
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 733
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 2
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