Sawmill Unscrambler Operator Killed when Struck by a Board Ejected by Trim Saw in Washington State

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• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (WA FACE) ; Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries ; Washington (State). Safety and Health Assessment and Research for Prevention
• Description:
  On February 15, 1998, a 43-year-old sawmill "unscrambler" operator died of injuries sustained when he was struck in the chest with a 1" x 6" x 10' board, on the previous afternoon. The board traveled approximately 45 feet at a high rate of speed after being ejected from a "Trim Saw", striking the unscrambler operator at his workstation. The sawmill emergency team responded to the injured victim within minutes of the incident and placed a 911 call for assistance. The local community rescue and medical unit took charge of treatment for the injured individual at the site of the incident and then transported the victim to a local hospital. He died the following day. To prevent future similar occurrences, the Washington Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation (FACE) Investigative team concluded that employers should follow these guidelines: 1. Machine guarding should be in place to prevent exposure to the machinery and process materials. 2. When new or reconditioned equipment is introduced to the workplace, a review of safety precautions should be conducted in conjunction with the equipment manufacturer. The review should include any and all regulatory compliance parameters that apply to the equipment and the operation of the equipment. 3. Routine hazard recognition audits/reviews should be conducted on a regular basis.
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date provided by FACE program
  
  not printed on the report
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Engineering Forestry Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Engineering-controls Equipment-design Equipment-operators Injuries Injury-prevention Lumber-industry Lumber-industry-workers Machine-guarding Machine-operators OSHA Region 10 Traumatic-injuries

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Manufacturing ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE98WA060
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Washington ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  11 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025963
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-106618
• 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 98WA060, 1998 Sep ; :1-11
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  31-33 - Manufacturing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1997/07/01
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:475acc1fb2c111c8bc66abb053c2a4aa4bf2e9b65ec5b1062c75acb98aa091986bfef8efb9492e4eedffaebe5033a3c7834be2d359072255b8995b364347bc14
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170346/cdc_170346_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 136.11 KB ]