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Accident: 14547905 - Leg Crushed Between Log Carriage And Side Rail

Accident: 14547905 -- Report ID: 1050210 -- Event Date: 07/09/1984
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1457673007/11/19842421Pacific Forest Products Inc
EMPLOYEE #1 STEPPED INTO THE PATH OF A RETURNING LOG CARRIAGE. THE CARRIAGE CAUGHT HIS LEG, CRUSHING IT AGAINST THE SIDE RAIL. THE AREA WAS POSTED WITH WARNING SIGNS, AND WAS PROTECTED BY GUARD RAILS. THE EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING A SHORT CUT ORDINARILY USED FOR TRANSPORTING THE CIRCULAR SAWS TO AND FROM THE SAW SHARPENING ROOM (WHEN THE MILL IS SHUT DOWN). EMPLOYEE #1 (A MILLWRIGHT) WAS ACCUSTOMED TO USING THIS ROUTE WHEN THE MILL WAS SHUT DOWN. HE USED THE ROUTE WHEN HE WAS SERVICING THE MACHINERY.
Keywords: guardrail, crushed, millwright, sawmill, leg, warning sign
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 14576730 Hospitalized injury Amputation Occupation not reported

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