OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14206213
ROSEBURG LUMBER INC
COQUILLE, OR—
Event description
CRUSHED BETWEEN WASTE CONVEYOR AND CHIPPER CONVEYOR
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 1:15 AM ON MARCH 18, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INJURED AT THE ROSEB URG LUMBER COMPANY, OREGON PLANT #5, AT COQUILLE, OREGON. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ACTING AS A CHIPPER OPERATOR AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INJURED WHEN A SWING CONVEYOR, WHICH DISPENSES MATERIAL BETWEEN CHIPPER #1 AND #2, WAS ACTIV ATED AT THE CHARGER BY A SUPERVISOR WHO WAS RELIEVING THE REGULAR OPERATOR. THE SWING CONVEYOR CAUGHT EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS STANDING BETWEEN THE TWO CHIPPERS, AN D PINNED HIM AGAINST THE #2 CONVEYOR. HIS WAIST WAS CRUSHED INTO AN AREA ONLY FO UR INCHES WIDE. HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE BOTH LEGS WERE AMPUTATE D. HE WAS IN CRITICAL CONIDITION AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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