OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #978312

BOARD,SEVERED,ABDOMEN,PLANING MACHINE,WORK RULES,CLOGGED,STRUCK BY,ARTERY,FLYING OBJECT

1988-05-04T00:00:00

Event: BOARD,SEVERED,ABDOMEN,PLANING MACHINE,WORK RULES,CLOGGED,STRUCK BY,ARTERY,FLYING OBJECT
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 978312
Report ID: 454715

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED; STRUCK BY SHARP PIECE OF WOOD

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FEEDING WOOD BOARDS FROM A BELT CONVEYOR TO A PLANER. THE BOARDS BECAME LOCKED IN THE PLANE MILL SO THE PLANER OPERATOR REVERSED THE ROLLERS TO UNLOCK (BACK OUT) THE PLANER. SIMULTANEOUSLY, EMPLOYEE #1 RELEASED THE PRESSURE ON THE BOARDS, CAUSING A BOARD TO SHOOT OUT OF THE PLANER AND STRIKE EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE ABDOMEN. THE BOARD SEVERED THE FEMORAL ARTERY IN THE EMPLOYEE'S LOWER RI GHT SIDE, CAUSING HIM TO BLEED TO DEATH. THE PLANER WAS A YATES-AMERICAN, SERIAL NUMBER 18070.

Victims (2)

#1 Fatality Age 60 M

Nature of injury
18

Part of body
1

Event type
1

Source
43

Occupation code
878

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
5

Task assigned
2
#981 Degree 0 Age 0

Nature of injury
0

Part of body
0

Event type
0

Source
0

Occupation code
0

Human factor
0

Environmental factor
0

Task assigned
0

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