Fatal Mill Accident at Alder
A Japanese mill worker is killed instantly after an accidental encounter with a spinning circular saw.
Stepping unconsciously up to a suspended circular saw that was revolving several hundred times per minute, T. Nakshima, a Japanese mill hand employed in the Excelsior Lumber company's mill at Alder, was fatally cut yesterday. The saw sank through the Japanese's skull as deep as his eyes, and he was bleeding profusely when picked up by fellow employees. The remains have been brought to Buckley King's undertaking parlors.
“The saw sank through the Japanese's skull as deep as his eyes.”
Industrial accidents were a grim, common feature of the Pacific Northwest’s timber economy at the turn of the century. While workplace safety standards and labor laws have evolved significantly, the danger of heavy machinery in forestry remains a resonant theme for those in our region’s mills today.
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