OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221492580

ANTHONY TIMBERLANDS, INC.

MALVERN, AR— 2022-08-26T00:00:00

Event: Automatic Restart, Blade, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Chest, Clogged, Crushed, Crushing, Head, Laceration, Lumber, Machine Cycled, Machine operator, Neck, Pinned, Wood
NAICS: 321912
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346182645
Employer profile: ANTHONY TIMBERLANDS, INC.
Summary number: 221492580
Report ID: 0627100

Event description

Employee Is Killed When Crushed In Lumber Machine After Clea

Investigation abstract

At 9:15 p.m. on August 26, 2022, an employee was operating a Sharp Chain, Model 3916-001 machine at a lumber resawing and planing facility. When the machine indicated by error message that there was a blockage at the photo eye lens sensor/profiler head, the employee entered the machine and attempted to remove the blockage. When the employee cleared the blockage, the machine activated and the employee was pinned and crushed between the profiler and the machine frame. The employee was killed when he suffered lacerations from the machine blades and blunt force to the chest, neck and back of the head.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 44 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
779

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