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Jasper Lumber Company, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. — Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk — JASPER, ALABAMA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Jasper Lumber Company, Inc. in JASPER, ALABAMA
Employer Jasper Lumber Company, Inc. Report ID 2018088323
Address 2700 Highway 78 W City, State ZIP JASPER, ALABAMA 35501
Event Date August 14, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk Body Part Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. Source of Injury Conveyors-powered, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 321113 Inspection # 1341144
GPS Coordinates 33.85000, -87.30000

Incident Narrative

An employee entered an area to unhang a piece of lumber on a set of conveyor chains for a sorter machine. Another employee, unaware that the employee was in the area, indexed the chains, pinning the first employee between the piece of lumber and an unstacked pack of lumber. The employee was hospitalized with a lacerated spleen and pancreatic transection.

Incident Summary

On August 14, 2018, a worker at Jasper Lumber Company, Inc. in JASPER, ALABAMA suffered internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk to the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c., with conveyors-powered, unspecified identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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