Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 789511 - Employee's cheekbone fractured when struck by pipe wrench

Accident Summary Nr: 789511 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 04/14/1994
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115778656	04/14/1994	2436	0	Columbia Forest Probucts Inc

Abstract: At or about 1:00 p.m. on April 2, 1994, Employee #1 and a coworker, millwrights for Columbia Forest Products, Inc., were changing the tail side small chuck on an 8 ft veneer lathe. While they were trying to loosen the chuck, the spindle extension started to rotate. To hold the spindle extension, Employee #1 placed a pipe wrench on the extension, intending to block it against the lathe carriage. When the coworker engaged the lathe throttle in order to tighten the wrench the spindle accelerated faster than expected, causing the wrench to strike Employee #1 in the face. He suffered a fractured cheekbone and was hospitalized at Merle West Medical Center in Klamath Falls, OR.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LATHE, MAINTENANCE, ROTATING SHAFT, PIPE WRENCH, MILLWRIGHT, SPINDLE, STRUCK BY, FACE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115778656			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Machinery maintenance occupations

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