Lewis Brothers Lumber Company, Inc

An employee was pulling lumber through a chop saw when four of their left fingers were amputated.

An employee was performing routine maintenance on a resaw when the machine activated and a blade contacted their fingers. The employee sustained a partial amputation and multiple fingers were lacerated. The employee was hospitalized. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time of the incident.

An employee was operating a machine when a wire pulled his right glove resulting in amputation of the index and middle fingertips.

An employee was grinding chicken when their right index fingertip was caught in the grinder and amputated.

An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.

An employee was passing through a large metal door when the door closed on the employee, resulting in a cracked rib.

An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was operating a panel saw when a piece of wood got stuck in the dust collection vent. He was clearing the jam when the pressure bar (that holds the material) came down on his right hand and crushed his fingers. He sustained partial amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.

On September 3, 2025, a lumber handler was cutting a board with a circular saw when the saw blade grabbed his glove and pulled his hand into the saw. The blade amputated his left index finger and lacerated his left ring finger.

An employee was adjusting self-dumping steel hopper to get it to latch onto the tines of a forklift. He rocked the hopper back and forth to dump. The hopper slid off the forklift and fell about 2-3 feet down onto his legs. The employee sustained a cut on his head, a bruise on his face, and both his ankles were fractured.

An employee was using his left arm to pull a piece of lumber from a chain, which was on his right side, to stack it on a lumber bunk positioned to his left. His left middle fingertip was crushed between the end of the lumber he was moving and the stationary lumber stack behind him, resulting in an amputation.

An employee was pulling lumber through a chop saw when four of their left fingers were amputated.

An employee was traveling down the maintenance aisle of a warehouse on a single-pallet front rider jack. The jack malfunctioned, causing the brakes to apply; the employee fell forward onto the concrete warehouse floor. The employee suffered an injury to the left leg and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

An employee was operating a metal roller machine to roll a small piece of metal. The employee's right index finger became caught between the metal and the machine, and the fingertip was amputated.

An employee was shot in the leg with a pistol during an altercation with two people who had entered the store without permission.

An employee was directing a truck driver to a dump site when the truck's peanut trailer slipped off the kingpin. As the trailer fell, a ladder attached to it lacerated the employee's ear. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was unloading a forklift from a trailer to the ground. The employee was climbing down the ladder of the trailer when their foot slipped through one of the rungs, causing them to fall backward onto the forklift forks. The employee was hospitalized for fractured ribs.