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Accident Summary Nr: 878231 - Employee impaled by lumber coming off conveyor

Accident Summary Nr: 878231 -- Report ID: 0352410 -- Event Date: 11/07/1994
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
11955336011/09/199424210Chesapeake Building Products Company

Abstract: Employee #1's only means of exit from his work station was directly in the path of lumber coming off a gang saw conveyor onto a scrambler table. He failed to signal the saw operator before crossing and was struck in the head by a piece of lumber which was moving at a high rate of speed. The lumber was slightly deflected by his safety helmet, but it did impale the left side of his skull. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: OBSTRUCTED EGRESS, HEAD, HARD HAT, IMPALED, LUMBER, SKULL, CONVEYOR, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 119553360 Hospitalized injury Puncture Miscellaneous woodworking machine operators

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