OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14259410
P E BARNES & SONS LTD
TALLULAH, LA—
Event description
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT IN SAWMILL CONVEYOR CHAIN
Investigation abstract
THE PLANT MANAGER INSTRUCTED EMPLOYEE #1 TO GO TO THE CHUTE AREA AND REMOVE SOME LUMBER PIECES WHICH WERE JAMMING THE CONVEYOR (CHAIN). EMPLOYEE #1 WALKED OVER TO THE CHUTE TO CARRY OUT HIS INSTRUCTIONS. HE WAS FOUND A SHORT TIME LATER, FAC E DOWN, WITH THE CONVEYOR CHAIN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS BACK. HIS HEAD WAS TO T HE LEFT OF THE TAIL PULLEY AND HIS RIGHT ARM WAS OVER AND UNDER THE TAIL DRUM. D EATH APPARENTLY WAS NEARLY INSTANTANEOUS. NO SHOUTS FOR HELP OR OTHER UNUSUAL SO UNDS WERE HEARD.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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