Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 117326.015 - Employee fractures leg on conveyor in fall from platform

Accident Summary Nr: 117326.015 -- Report ID: 0355118 -- Event Date: 06/12/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1410219.015	06/14/2019		321113	Turman Sawmill

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on June 12, 2019, an employee was using a chainsaw to trim the edges of planks stacked on a pallet sitting on a roller conveyor. While the employee was working on the stack another pallet of material collided with the one he was working on. The employee panicked and slipped off the platform he was standing on catching his leg between the pallet and one of the conveyor rollers. The employee suffered a compound fracture of his right leg and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Ankle, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Chain Saw, Collision, Conveyor, Cutting, Fall, Foot, Fracture, Leg, Lost Balance, Lost Control, Lumber Stack, Machine operator, Material Handling, Pallet, Palletized Cargo, Roller Conveyor, Roller--Mach/Part, Saw, Unstable Load, Unstable Position, Wood Board

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1410219.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury		Sawing machine operators

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