OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221570120

WALNUT CREEK TIMBER LLC

LIVINGSTON, TN— 2023-05-01T00:00:00

Event: Conveyor Belt, Energized, Face, Head, Laceration, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Lumber, Machine operator, Pulled In, Repair, Sawblade, Sawmill, Shoulder, Struck By
NAICS: 321113
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346677750
Employer profile: WALNUT CREEK TIMBER LLC
Summary number: 221570120
Report ID: 0454714

Event description

Employee is killed when pulled into running sawblade

Investigation abstract

At 6:45 a.m. on May 1, 2023, an employee working as a sawing machine operator and head and was killed. for a lumber mill was assisting a coworker with repairing a damaged conveyor belt. The belt was coming from the head saw, which was a Pioneer edging saw machine. The employee stepped away from the saw platform to walk behind the machine with the machine still running. The employee opened the box to access the dust collection bin beneath the rapidly rotating 12-inch diameter saw blades of the edger. The employee reached into the area beneath the edger and came into contact with the saw blades ultimately pulling him face first upward into the blade. The employee sustained deep lacerations to the left side of his face

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 42 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
727

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