Sauder Woodworking Co.

On August 12, 2025, an employee was scraping material off a stainless steel roller on the wrapper line when their left hand was pulled into the rollers. The employee sustained a finger amputation.

An employee was tagging a load when they tripped over the corner of an outfeed conveyor and fell to the floor, resulting in a femur fracture.

An employee was making an adjustment on a trim saw machine when their right hand contacted the machine, resulting in a partial amputation of their right middle finger with a fracture. The machine was unguarded at the time of the incident after maintenance work was performed on the machine.

On February 24, 2021, an employee was hospitalized with a right ankle fracture after slipping and falling on ice in a parking lot while walking into work.

An employee was reaching to operate a lever on a hopper that had been raised by a forklift. The hopper shifted and pinched the employee's left ring finger against the forklift fork. The end of the finger was amputated.

An employee was operating a band saw when his right little fingertip was amputated.

An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.

An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.

An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.

An employee was using a shaper to cut wood when their right hand contacted the blade, resulting in a partial amputation to the right ring finger.

On August 12, 2025, an employee was scraping material off a stainless steel roller on the wrapper line when their left hand was pulled into the rollers. The employee sustained a finger amputation.

An employee backed a stand-up powered industrial truck (PIT) into the battery charging area. He dismounted the PIT and it moved forward, catching his ankle against the guardrail of the charging area. The employee's ankle was fractured and he was hospitalized.

An employee was in a powered industrial vehicle (PIV), pulling down racks. One of the racks tilted and its top portion struck his head. He suffered a head injury that required staples.

An employee was returning from lunch and went to disconnect a forklift battery from charging when he felt a shock and sustained burns to the back of his right hand. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee loaded six TV stands onto a hand truck dolly, each one weighing approximately 38 kilograms. The employee pushed one side of the dolly while his co-worker pushed on the other side of the dolly. The employee lost his footing and fell. The dolly then fell on top of him and the handle pierced his right foot through the tongue of his shoe, resulting in a puncture wound.

An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.

An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.

On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.

An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.

An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.