Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14432116 - Employee killed when crushed in mat loader machine

Accident Summary Nr: 14432116 -- Report ID: 0830100 -- Event Date: 12/21/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107217846	12/23/1991	2493	0	Lousisiana Pacific Corp.

Abstract: At approximately 5:30 a.m. on December 21, 1991, Employee #1 was attempting to free a blockage in a sawdust hopper beneath the north end of a mat loader machine. He had climbed onto a narrow walkway on the hopper's auger housing and was leaning over the hopper. A steel emergency stop pad is welded to a vertical support of the mat loader machine. As the mat loader machine proceeded through its cycle, Employee #1 was crushed between it and the emergency stop pad, resulting in massive blunt force trauma. He was killed.

Keywords: WORK RULES, EMERGENCY STOP, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CLOGGED, CRUSHED, HOPPER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107217846			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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