Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14259196 - EMPLOYEE FELL INTO A LOG FLUME

Accident Summary Nr: 14259196 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 02/07/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1918903	02/08/1985	2621	0	Container Board & Paper Division

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, AGE 45, WAS REMOVING SHORT WOOD LOGS FROM THE GROUND NEXT TO AN OPEN FLUME. HE THEN MANEUVERED THE LOGS INTO POSITION SO THEY WOULD FALL INTO THE FLUME. THE FLUME TRANSFERRED THE LOGS TO A CONVEYOR AND ON TO SUBSEQUENT PROCESSING INTO WOOD CHIPS. APPARENTLY, EMPLOYEE #1 SLIPPED AND FELL INTO THE FLUME, FOR HIS BODY WAS DISCOVERED IN THE PROCESS FLOW BY THE CHIPPER OPERATOR. NO PERSONAL PROTECTION EQUIPMENT WAS IN USE.

Keywords: LOG, SLIP, CONVEYOR, FALL, WATER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1918903			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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