OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14539241
RICHARDSON CONTRACTING INC
DRY RIDGE, KY—
Event description
CHAIN SAW KICKED BACK; STRUCK EMPLOYEE IN NECK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CUTTING BRUSH AND SMALL TREES AROUND A FENCE ROW, NEAR A POWER L N THE NECK, AND ASSOCIATED HEMORRHAGING. INE RIGHT OF WAY. (THE POWERLINE WAS ABOVE A FARM FENCE). THE FENCE WAS WOVEN WI RE WITH WOOD POSTS. THE EMPLOYEE WAS USING A GASOLINE-POWERED CHAIN SAW WITH A S EVENTEEN INCH CUTTER BAR. THE EMPLOYEE ACCIDENTALLY MADE CONTACT WITH THE FENCE POST APPROXIMATELY FIVE FEET, FOUR INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. THE SAW KICKED BACK, STRIKING EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE NECK. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE SAW, WHICH AGAIN STRUC K THE FENCE POST. THE SAW KICKED BACK A SECOND TIME, CUTTING THE EMPLOYEE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF HIS NECK. THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 PM, AUGUST 9, 1984. DEATH WAS DUE TO LACERATIONS OF THE CAROTID ARTERY AND OTHER ARTERIES I
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 21
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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