Machine Operator Dies When Struck By Flying Wood Chipper Guard

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• Personal Author:
  Anderson, Henry A. ; Islam, KM Monirul ; Sieger, Thomas ; Van Kuiken, Phillip
• Corporate Authors:
  Wisconsin Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Wisconsin FACE) ; Wisconsin. Division of Public Health. Bureau of Occupational Health
• Description:
  On July 22, 2005, a 56-year-old machine operator (the victim) died after he was struck by a flying guard from a wood chipper. The victim was working alone when he shut down the chipper. The chipper was a machine used to reduce wood edging and other wood waste into wood chips. The victim shut down the chipper and the blade continued to rotate for up to thirty minutes. The victim was found by one of the sawmill partners at approximately 6:00 p.m. The partner notified Emergency Medical Services (EMS) at 6:11 p.m. They arrived at 6:17 p.m. The EMS took the victim to the hospital located 20 to 25 miles away, at 6:23 p.m. The local EMS requested a paramedic intercept with a larger, better trained and more experienced crew. The EMS arrived at the hospital at 6:46 p.m. A doctor in the hospital declared the victim dead at 6:57 p.m. The FACE investigator concluded that to help prevent similar occurrences, employers should: 1. ensure that guards are properly replaced or repaired
  
  2. ensure that rotating machine blades are stopped and hazardous energy is dissipated before blade removal begins
  
  3. ensure that workers are trained to recognize the hazards associated with working near or around rotating chipper blades
  
  4. implement an effective Lockout Tagout program that at a minimum, meets standards set by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in General Industry Regulation 29 CFR 1910.147.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Forestry Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Injuries Injury-prevention Lumber-industry Lumber-industry-workers Machine-operation Machine-operators OSHA Region 5 Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-programs Sawmill-workers Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Machine (All) ; Machine - General
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE05WI059
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Wisconsin ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20031179
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-102056
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 05WI059, 2006 Nov ; :1-8
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  Wisconsin Department of Health & Family Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  31-33 - Manufacturing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0cad9dca651ca740da0ff81a3c88d9dbad0cfad62d18c440768c3d022adc5eb12bbf92e858963b86ac1fe289950ef69599550e32f182aa0d5fe2fffd8b2a356d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166295/cdc_166295_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 146.12 KB ]