Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 134510.015 - Employee is killed after being struck by edger saw blades

Accident Summary Nr: 134510.015 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 03/31/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1523171.015	04/01/2021		321912	Jerry Keith Ricketts

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on March 31, 2021, an employee finished stacking lumber and was waiting for the forklift operator to remove the stack from the work area. For unknown reasons, the employee crawled underneath an unguarded Corley board edger and was struck in the head by the table saw blades and killed. A coworker stated that he had told the employee to never to go under the edger when it was in operation.

Keywords: Blade, Board, Brain, Edger, Emergency Stop, Head, Inexperience, Laceration, Lumber, Lumber Stack, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Rotating Parts, Saw, Sawdust, Skull, Struck By, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1523171.015	34	M	Fatality		Wood lathe, routing, and planing machine operators

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