A clean-up worker was killed when struck by a rotating cut-off saw as he and a co-worker tried to clear a logjam on a mill conveyor. The victim, a temporary employee who had worked at the veneer plant for only eight weeks, died of multiple injuries. The 60-inch (1.5-meter) diameter cut-off saw was used to trim the ends off logs as they move along a conveyor belt from the debarker to the grading area. The victim's job was to remove the log ends after they dropped to the floor. The victim first tried to free the log while standing on the floor. […]
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