Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 108527.015 - Employee sustains multiple injuries when struck by lumber

Accident Summary Nr: 108527.015 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 08/14/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1341144.015	08/21/2018		321113	Jasper Lumber Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on August 14, 2018, Employee #1, a sorter tender, entered an area to unhang a piece of lumber on a set of conveyor chains for the sorter machine. A coworker, unaware that the employee was in the area, turned on the conveyor, causing the chains to expand and move. Lumber on the chain began to move forward, causing one of the pieces to strike the employee from the back and pinned him against the lumber. Employee #1 sustained a laceration of the spleen and pancreatic transection. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: Chain, Conveyor, Laceration, Lumber, Pancreas, Pinned, Spleen, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1341144.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury

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