OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14203970
MID WAY FOREST PRODUCTS CO
CORVALLIS, OR—
Event description
SUFFOCATED WHEN BURIED BY LOOSE SAWDUST
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SMOOTHING OUT THE TOP OF THE SAWDUST BIN AND SHOVELING AN ACCUMU AL HOSPITAL. LATION OF SAWDUST AWAY FROM THE CONVEYOR OUTFEED TO OTHER PARTS OF THE BIN. A CH IP TRUCK ARRIVED AND BACKED INTO THE LOADING CHUTE UNDER THE BIN. THE TRUCK DRIV ER WAS UNAWARE THAT EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING IN THE BIN. THE BIN GATES WERE OPENE D AND EMPLOYEE #1 FELL, ALONG WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF SAWDUST, INTO THE TRUCK TRA ILER. A NEARBY EMPLOYEE OF THE MILL, WHO KNEW THAT EMPLOYEE #1 WAS IN THE BIN, A SKED WHERE HE WAS. EMPLOYEE #1 COULD NOT BE FOUND DURING A QUICK PERSONNEL INVEN TORY, SO AN IMMEDIATE SEARCH WAS BEGUN IN THE TRUCK TRAILER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FOU ND, STILL ALIVE, BUT WITH A VERY WEAK PULSE. HE DIED LATER THE SAME DAY AT A LOC
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 9
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 495
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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