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CO RD 39, LAPORTE, MN 56461
Standard 19100151 B
Standard 19100147 C01
Initial $5,000
Standard 19100265 E01 V
Standard 182065308
Employee dies when legs severed at knees by saw blade
A sawmill crew was trying to replace a cable on a log carriage that had jumped o ff the cable drum. The cable drum was in the blow pit area near the head saw bla de. The unit was on and the blade was running. As the cable went back onto the d rum, the carriage traveled forward and hit Employee #1, pushing him into the 48 in. diameter head saw blade. The saw severed both of his legs at the knee or sli ghtly above. He died as a result of these injuries.
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