Inspection Detail

Inspection: 309693117 - Jim Thorp Lumber Products Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Medford

Investigation Summary

At approximately 2:30 p.m. on July 6, 2006, Employee #1 was working at a sawmill. He was operating a resaw/edger at a cut stock wood plant that manufactures pallet stock and laths out of 3-inch cores. The plant manager had been summoned to determine if the saw blades needed to be changed out due to a loss of temper. He was observing the saw, when a core got stuck A piece of lath was thrown back through two sets of kickback fingers and down a covered 30-foot conveyor, eventually striking Employee #1 in one of his biceps and causing lacerations. The piece of lath that struck the him measured 8 feet by 2 inches by 0.5 inches. It was thrown through two sets of kickback fingers that had openings of nine-sixteenths of an inch to two inches. Employee #1 was transported to a local hospital, where he was hospitalized. He was later released.

Keywords: KICK BACK, GUARD, SAW, EDGER, LACERATION, SAWMILL, STRUCK BY, ARM, FLYING OBJECT, BLADE