Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 139812.015 - Employee is pinned by loader and crushed, later dies

Accident Summary Nr: 139812.015 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 09/24/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1556027.015	10/04/2021		321920	Mast Sawing Llc

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on September 24, 2019, an employee was moving a stack of wood as a coworker operating a CAT Model 924K wheel loader was backing up nearby after placing a stack of wood onto another pile. The coworker struck the employee and pinned him between the stack of wood and the front end of the loader. The employee incurred multiple crushing injuries and was transported to the hospital, where he died three days later.

Keywords: Back-Up Alarm, Backing Up, Caught Between, Crushed, Front End Loader, Inadequate Maint, Industrial Truck, Loader, Lumber, Lumber Stack, Material Handling, Mill--Plant, Pinned, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Sawmill, Struck By, Training, Untrained, Wheel Loader

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1556027.015	17	M	Fatality		Sawing machine operators

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