Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 149258.015 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed In Lumber Machine After Clea

Accident Summary Nr: 149258.015 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 08/26/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1618264.015	08/27/2022		321912	Anthony Timberlands, Inc.

Abstract: At 9:15 p.m. on August 26, 2022, an employee was operating a Sharp Chain, Model 3916-001 machine at a lumber resawing and planing facility. When the machine indicated by error message that there was a blockage at the photo eye lens sensor/profiler head, the employee entered the machine and attempted to remove the blockage. When the employee cleared the blockage, the machine activated and the employee was pinned and crushed between the profiler and the machine frame. The employee was killed when he suffered lacerations from the machine blades and blunt force to the chest, neck and back of the head.

Keywords: Automatic Restart, Blade, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Chest, Clogged, Crushed, Crushing, Head, Laceration, Lumber, Machine Cycled, Machine operator, Neck, Pinned, Wood

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1618264.015	44	M	Fatality		Machine operators, not specified

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