Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201172244 - Employee's foot amputated when struck by falling object

Accident Summary Nr: 201172244 -- Report ID: 0950621 -- Event Date: 10/20/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120152715	11/19/2002	2421	0	Sierra Pacific Industries

Abstract: At approximately 8:00 a.m. on October 20, 2002, Employee #1, a millwright working with a maintenance crew, was installing a new clean-up conveyor in the sawmill. They were moving a 10 ft-long head section of a conveyor into the site using a forklift. The conveyor was being lowered on the back side of a raised concrete platform of another conveyor. Employee #1 could see that the conveyor section could not be positioned all the way over the slanted edge of the concrete platform. He turned to get some boards to block up the outside legs of the conveyor and as he did, the conveyor fell over. The conveyor struck his foot, fracturing it. He was hospitalized and a portion of his foot was amputated.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MILLWRIGHT, CONVEYOR, FALL, SAWMILL, FALLING OBJECT, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120152715			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Millwrights

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