OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14205926
SUN STUDS INC
ROSEBURG, OR—
Event description
CRUSHED BY "LINE UP" ARMS
Investigation abstract
ON AUGUST 21, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 4:45 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS REPAIRING A DECK C IF THE LOG IS NOT EVEN. THE EMPLOYEE RECEIVED CRUSHING INJURIES TO THE RIGHT SI DE OF HIS ABDOMEN AND CHEST. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND DIED ON THE OPERAT ING TABLE. HAIN, LOCATED NEAR THE INCLINE TO THE LATHE NEXT TO THE EVEN-ENDER ARMS. THESE A RMS ARE CONTROLLED BY AN ELECTRIC EYE. THEY LINE UP THE LOGS BEFORE THEY REACH T HE LATHE. EMPLOYEE #1 FAILED TO LOCK OUT AND TAG THE EQUIPMENT. HE STEPPED INTO AN AREA, 7 INCHES BY 11 INCHES IN SIZE, LOCATED IN FRONT OF THE EVEN ENDER ARM A ND TO THE SIDE OF THE TRANSFER TABLE IN ORDER TO REACH THE BROKEN CHAIN. AS HE S TEPPED INTO THIS AREA HIS BODY TRIPPED THE ELECTRIC EYE. THE EVEN ENDER LINE UP ARM ACTIVATED AND CRUSHED HIM BETWEEN THE TRANSFER DECK AND THE HYDRAULIC ARM. T HE ARM MOVES DOWNWARD TO WITHIN 43 INCHES OF THE FLOOR AND ACTIVATES THREE TIMES
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 11
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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