Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200571693 - Logger Is Killed When Struck by Falling Equipment

Accident Summary Nr: 200571693 -- Report ID: 0316700 -- Event Date: 10/27/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315885905	10/28/2011	2411	113310	Walter R. Lindenmuth Lumber Company, Llc

Abstract: At approximately 11:00 a.m. on October 27, 2011, Employee #1, with Walter R. Lindenmuth Lumber Company, LLC, was part of a two-man logging crew changing knife blades on a wood chipper. After the chute/spout was raised, a third employee pulled the pins that secured the protective hood over the cutting knives. The chute then fell and pinned Employee #1 between it and the mounting plate. He was killed.

Keywords: KNIFE, PIN, UNSECURED, PINNED, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CHIPPER, LOGGER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315885905			Fatality	Other	Supervisors, forestry and logging workers

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