Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14394399 - Employee killed when caught in chain and sprocket

Accident Summary Nr: 14394399 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 02/23/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101474765	02/24/1989	2421	0	Tullos Lumber Company Of Lasalle, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was a sorter at the outfeed belt of a ball edger, sending lumber either to the trimmer or back to the edger. Although no lumber was being processed because of a problem elsewhere in the mill, the edger belt was left running. Employee #1 had gone to help a coworker straighten some crooked lumber, and as he returned to his work station, he became caught by an unguarded chain and sprocket powered by a General Electric 3HP motor, frame #184-T. Employee #1 was pulled into the rotating part up to his shoulder. Major arteries were severed and he died.

Keywords: CHAIN, SEVERED, SHOULDER, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, EDGER, SPROCKET, ARTERY, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101474765			Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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