Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201614740 - Employee Gets Fatally Struck-By a Piece of Lumber

Accident Summary Nr: 201614740 -- Report ID: 1054113 -- Event Date: 03/16/2011
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314615170	03/22/2011	2421	321113	Sanders Wood Products Inc

Abstract: At approximately 10:30 a.m., on March 16, 2011, Employee #1 of Sanders Wood Products Inc., was cleaning up under the chipper feed conveyor in the mill. As he was doing his assigned task it appears a piece of lumber came off the conveyor and struck Employee #1 on the right side of his face above and in the eye. He managed to stagger approximately 12 feet to a stairway leading to an upper deck where the other crew members were. He collapsed at the foot of the stairway, bleeding profusely until a coworker found him approximately thirty minutes later. He was fatally injured.

Keywords: COLLAPSE, LOG, CONVEYOR, STRUCK BY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314615170			Fatality	Fracture	Laborers, except construction

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