Accident: 880872 - Killed In Fall From Load Of Lumber

On July 23, 1997, Employee #1 of a trucking firm was securing a load of lumber on a semi-trailer at a sawmill facility. The employee, who was alone, was apparently on top of the load securing straps to the tarps covering the load. One of the straps broke, causing Employee #1 to fall approximately 9 feet to the ground. He was killed.

fall, lost balance, unstable position, equipment failure, sawmill, load binder

Accident: 200020378 - Killed When Struck By Tractor Trailer

Employee #1, a truck driver for the Canadian firm Gil Motors (a subcontractor to Garfield Transport) was walking through the loading yard of America President Lines when he was struck by a tractor trailer and killed.

tractor--truck, struck by, vehicle, motor vehicle, truck driver, tractor trailer, truck, load binder

Accident: 202287629 - Stacked Load Fell On Employee

Upon his arrival at a construction site, a truck driver released the tie-down bindings on the top tier of a load of long steel girders. A second driver helped him reel in the bindings that were attached to winches mounted on the side of the first driver's flatbed trailer. The trailer was not equipped with siderails, and the top layer of cargo was insecure after the bindings were released. As the two drivers awaited the arrival of the material handler who would unload the trailer, they continued to retract the released bindings that had held the cargo in place. Two beams slid off the top tier, dropped over the side, and struck the drivers. Both beams struck one driver, who later died of his injuries in a hospital. The other driver suffered only a glancing blow to the head. He was treated at a hospital and released the same day.

unstable load, steel beam, falling object, struck by, head, trailer, load binder, mech mat handling

Accident: 170708580 - Employee'S Arm Injured When Caught In Corn Binder

At 10:25 p.m. on October 2, 1995, Employee #1 was using a broom with a long handle to clean the conveyor belt and rollers of a corn binder while the belt was moving. After he had finished and put the equipment away, he noticed some corn husk still attached to the end roller and he tried to remove the husk with his hands. The conveyor was still in motion and his arm became caught in the binder. The handle to shut off the conveyor belt was less than 10 ft away from where Employee #1 was working.

conveyor belt, roller--mach/part, binder, agriculture, cleaning, lockout, work rules, arm, caught between, nip point

Accident: 14350805 - Killed When Struck By Falling Logs

Employee #1 was starting to loosen the binders on a trailer load of logs while the truck ahead of him was being unloaded. Employee #1 was operating a 1991 Mack truck, Rd model, serial # IM2P267Y1MM009842 with a 40 ft trailer #NRW2. The trailer was loaded about 3 ft above the standards. Employee #1 had loosened 3 of the 4 binders and was attempting to loosen the 4th cable when it broke, causing two logs to roll from the top of the load onto Employee #1. He died.

logging, elderly, falling object, log, struck by, broken cable, work rules, off loading, binder

Accident: 170089734 - Suffers Exposure To Toluene Diisocyanate

At approximately 12:00 noon on November 5, 1993, an employee started to clean out the strainer underneath an 800 gallon binder tank. The binder contained 67 percent polyol, 23 percent toluene diisocyanate, 6 percent blue dye, and 4 percent cyclolube. The employee attempted to close the valve that stops the flow of liquid from the tank to the strainer but did not close it all the way. A second employee took over the task and opened the cap to clean out the strainer inside the tank piping system. The binder started leaking out of this opening because of the partially opened valve. A third employee was walking by this area, saw the leak and went to help the second employee. Instead of closing the valve all the way, the third employee accidentally turned the valve in the wrong direction, thereby increasing the flow of the binder. Cleanup procedures were implemented after the incident. At approximately 6:00 p.m., Employee #1, who was working the swing shift, returned from a break and passed by the spill area on the way to the rake room where he usually worked. He started towards the spill in order to turn on a button for the vacuum system inside the rake room. The button is located approximately 13 feet from the binder tank and only 1 foot from the perimeter of the spill. The supervisor, who was still vacuuming the spill with a chemical vacuum, stopped Employee #1 when he was 3 feet from the perimeter of the spill and turned on the button for him. Employee #1 then turned back to go into the rake room. Ten minutes later, he was in respiratory distress and was taken to the hospital, where he stayed for 2 nights and was then released.

accidental discharge, binder, respirator, respiratory, overexposure, tank, work rules, inhalation, ventilation, spill