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Accident Summary Nr: 14389993 - EMPLOYEE KILLED BY CHAIN SAW KICK BACK

Accident Summary Nr: 14389993 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 06/18/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102280724	06/24/1992	2411	0	Alford Timber Inc.

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 PM, ON JUNE 18, 1992, EMPLOYEE #1, A SAW HAND, WAS WORKING WITH A LOGGING CREW AT A WORKSITE APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE EAST OF HIGHWAY 43, NEAR GREENSBURG. HE WAS MAKING AN UNDERCUT ON AN 8-INCH DIAMETER LOG USING A POULAN MODEL 655 CHAIN SAW, SERIAL #0040573, EQUIPPED WITH A 24-INCH LONG OREGON CHAIN. THE CHAIN BRAKE ON THE SAW WAS INOPERABLE. AS HE WENT TO MAKE THE UNDERCUT, THE TIP OF THE CHAIN AND BLADE CAUGHT IN A NEARBY 14-INCH DIAMETER LOG, CAUSING THE SAW TO KICK BACK, CUTTING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE SIDE OF THE NECK AND CHEST. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL.

Keywords: CHEST, KICK BACK, CHAIN SAW, LOG, WORK RULES, NECK, LOGGING

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102280724			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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