Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200374718 - Employee's Neck Is Broken When Machine Cycles

Accident Summary Nr: 200374718 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 11/21/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312170426	11/21/2008	2421	321113	Kapstone-Lumber Division

Abstract: On November 21, 2008, Employee #1 and an equipment operator were trying to get a stacker machine to stay in automatic mode in a lumber yard. The operator was on the operator's platform while Employee #1 checked the limit switches from ground level. They were in radio and visual contact when Employee #1 instructed the operator to cycle the machine. Employee #1 climbed up on the hydraulic pump unit looking for a limit switch when the machine cycled. He was killed when he was struck in the back of the head by the carriage, which broke his neck.

Keywords: MACHINE OPERATOR, LUMBER, NECK, STRUCK BY, HYDRAULIC PUMP, LIMIT SWITCH, LUMBER STACK, MACHINE--MISC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312170426			Fatality	Other	Electronic repairers, communica. & indus. equip.

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