Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14520951 - Employee killed when crushed by metal cast log

Accident Summary Nr: 14520951 -- Report ID: 0524530 -- Event Date: 09/26/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
102583101	09/27/1988	3341	0	Cerro Copper Products Co.

Abstract: Employee #1 and three coworkers were assessing a maintenance problem, standing to one side of an inclined feed table for a metal billet saw. Employee #1 stepped back from the problem area into the path of a long metal cast log that was rolling down the table. The end of the log overhung the edge of the table. It struck Employee #1 and drove him against a log that had previously rolled down the table. He suffered massive crushing-type injuries and was killed. No lockout of the log feed mechanism was employed, although such a program was in place in the workplace.

Keywords: CHEST, FRACTURE, LOG, WORK RULES, LOCKOUT, METAL POLE, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, WALKING BACKWARD, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102583101			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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