Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170081236 - Employee dies when struck by flying chipper housing

Accident Summary Nr: 170081236 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 04/18/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
110347622	04/24/1995	2421	0	Crawford Tie & Lumber Co., Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 3 p.m. on April 18, 1995, Employee #1 was working about 2 ft to 2 1/2 ft from a chipper at a small sawmill operation. His job was to monitor the chipper as well as the vibrating trough that carried wood chips into the chipper. A section of the chipper's upper housing, made of 1/4 in. thick steel, came forcibly loose from the rest of the machine. It knocked down a roof support post and struck and killed Employee #1. It is suspected that some type of foreign object entered the chipper, causing it to come apart. The chipper was built by Mor-Bar, serial #254, model # 348.

Keywords: CHIPPER, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110347622			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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