Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 136416.015 - Lumber mill employee is struck and killed by piece of wood

Accident Summary Nr: 136416.015 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 06/12/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1537265.015	06/12/2021		321999	Hunt Forest Products L.L.C.

Abstract: At 4:15 p.m. on June 12, 2021, an employee was working for a firm that manufactured miscellaneous wood products. He operated a sawing machine. He was working on a timber deck at a lumber mill run by the firm. A piece of wood became caught on a roller in the machine. The employee went in between some rollers to straighten the wood out. The roller started moving, and the employee was struck in the head by the piece of lumber. He suffered trauma to his head from the piece of timber. He was killed.

Keywords: Blunt force trauma, Flying Object, Head, Jammed, Lockout, Lumber, Machine Cycled, Machine operator, Roller--Mach/Part, Sawmill, Training, Traumatic, Wood Board, Work Rules

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1537265.015	38	M	Fatality		Sawing machine operators

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