OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14259196
CONTAINER BOARD & PAPER DIVISION
HODGE, LA—
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL INTO A LOG FLUME
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, AGE 45, WAS REMOVING SHORT WOOD LOGS FROM THE GROUND NEXT TO AN OPE N FLUME. HE THEN MANEUVERED THE LOGS INTO POSITION SO THEY WOULD FALL INTO THE F LUME. THE FLUME TRANSFERRED THE LOGS TO A CONVEYOR AND ON TO SUBSEQUENT PROCESSI NG INTO WOOD CHIPS. APPARENTLY, EMPLOYEE #1 SLIPPED AND FELL INTO THE FLUME, FOR HIS BODY WAS DISCOVERED IN THE PROCESS FLOW BY THE CHIPPER OPERATOR. NO PERSONA L PROTECTION EQUIPMENT WAS IN USE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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