Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14506919 - Employee killed when clothing caught by rotating shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 14506919 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 11/19/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1867696	11/20/1987	2421	0	Louisiana Pacific Corp.

Abstract: Employee #1, a debarker operator, was clearing a wood jam in a sawmill. He climbed into a nearby conveyor pit but failed to perform the electrical lockout procedure and left one conveyor running. Employee #1 came into contact with a rotating shaft that had an unprotected keyway slot. His clothes wrapped around the rotating shaft, strangling and killing him. Employee #1 was found after several minutes, but attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.

Keywords: CLOTHING, ROTATING SHAFT, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, JAMMED, LOCKOUT, SAWMILL, STRANGULATED, ENTANGLED, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1867696			Fatality	Asphyxia	Machine operators, not specified

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