Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201280294 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CAUGHT IN PIECE OF EQUIPMENT

Accident Summary Nr: 201280294 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 03/16/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300974151	03/17/1998	2421	0	Tolleson Lumber Company, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was sweeping wood and debris from the ground underneath a partially guarded drag chain conveyor of a un-scrambler machine. In one area below the un-scrambler machine the head clearance was approximately 5 ft 2 in. from the ground. This area had a guardrail that partially surrounded it. This was the area that Employee #1 had been cleaning. Employee #1 got caught in one of the wooden slats of the drag chain conveyor. Employee #1 was then pulled by the drag chain conveyor into a horizontal support I-beam and suffered severe head trauma. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, DRAG CHAIN CONVEYOR, HEAD, STEEL BEAM, CAUGHT BY, CONVEYOR, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300974151			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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