The accident investigation below was opened on Thursday, June 15th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Sandersville, GA at Beasley Forest Products, Inc.. A 34 year old Operations & systems researcher had been injured when the employee's arm was injured while clearing a jam on a sawmill
Accident Date2017-06-12
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 7:50 a.m. on June 12, 2017, an employee was operating sorter equipment at a sawmill. While operating the sorter, a small section of lumber rolled off the block belt and went under the block belt conveyor. The section of lumber wedged between a roller and belt on the conveyor which caused the belt to jam. The employee reached under the conveyor to remove the section of lumber while the equipment was energized. The employee's right arm was injured.