Hixson Lumber Sales Inc

An employee was unjamming a board in a planer machine. The machine's roller crushed his right hand, breaking the wrist and amputating a finger. He was hospitalized.

An employee was using a tractor to drag a lumber yard. He then got off the tractor to move an object. The tractor rolled forward and struck his right leg, fracturing it and requiring hospitalization. The tractor was in neutral at the time of the incident.

An employee was working on a dog-eared board machine when his leg was severely lacerated by a moving part at the edge of the machine near the bottom that catches the boards. He was hospitalized with a cut ligament in his right leg just below the knee and required surgery.

An employee was cutting boards and making sticks when a board got jammed in the saw. The employee tried to unjam the board and upon removing the jammed board the conveyor to the machine became activated. The employee's right ring finger was amputated.

An employee was sweeping behind a guardrail and stepped on the lower portion of the guardrail when he lost his balance. As he stepped back, his foot became stuck between the guardrail and a transformer, resulting in a compound fracture of left tibia and fibula.

An employee was repositioning a chill adder so that the pig tubs behind it could be removed. The employee lost their balance and their finger was pinched between the chill adder and the pig tub, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was backing up a stand-up forklift. The vehicle struck a guard and a wooden table. Upon exiting the forklift, the employee's left leg became caught between the table and dock guard, causing a fractured leg.

An employee was working on a shoring scaffold with another employee to strip plywood from cement. The employees threw a 4x4 piece of forming down and it got stuck on the beam of the scaffold. The injured employee went to grab the forming when their left ring fingertip was pinched between it and the beam, resulting in a partial amputation.

An employee was using a torch to trim the foundation for a compressed air tank so the tank would fit in place. His left hand was caught between the tank and the steel bar foundation structure; the hand was crushed and burned.

An employee was unloading freight from a truck when a stack of doors fell over and knocked the employee to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured femur.

An employee was performing rebar fabrication using a bending machine. The employee's glove became caught in the area where the rebar bend overlaps onto itself. The subsequent bending/cutting caused the two overlapping portions to squeeze together and amputate approximately 1/4" of his left index fingertip.

An employee was building wood detail blocking and a wood member needed to be resized. The employee took the wood member to the table saw and set the fence to the correct size. The employee pressed down on the board to control it when his left little finger contacted the running blade, resulting in an amputation.

An employee was clearing a pipe along a culvert using a motorized plumbing machine. The end of the machine got tangled and stuck in long grass and other debris. The employee went to lift the end of the machine out of the grass and clear the blockage when his hand was pulled into the machine, resulting in a partial amputation and open fracture of his left distal phalanx.

An employee was operating a router when it cut his right little finger, causing an amputation through the bone.

An employee was operating an ironworker (steel punching/shearing) machine. A piece of the tooling broke off and struck the employee's neck; a fragment was lodged in his neck. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

On October 25, 2025, an employee was stringing up a new reel of tire tread on a machine. The employee pulled a 6-inch tail and proceeded to spool up the liner. As the machine was jogged to begin the liner wrapping process, the liner caught the employee's glove and pulled their right arm into the liner, causing a fracture to the arm.

An employee was doing a cable change on top of an electric overhead traveling (EOT) crane. They were positioned between the cable drum and the drive shaft. While rotating the cable drum, the employee reached for the new cable that was to be installed. The grease fitting on the drive shaft caught their fall harness and pulled them underneath the drive shaft. The employee was pinned between the drive shaft and two pieces of angle steel, resulting in a fracture to their left hip.

An employee was helping two other employees to push a pallet of tile on a loading dock. He suffered a broken fibula and was hospitalized.

On October 5, 2025, an employee was pulling a pressure washer hose when it it disconnected from the cooker. The employee was struck by jets of high-pressure water, resulting in lacerations to their left thigh requiring surgery. The employee was hospitalized.