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An employee was measuring a block on a pedal-operated upcut saw equipped with a 10 or 12 inch circular blade. As he was taking a measurement, the blade contacted his left hand, resulting in amputations of three fingers.

Employees were stacking two different types of trusses in a yard. One employee was lifting one end of a truss with a forklift while another inserted a spreader block. The load shifted, and the second employee's left ring finger was pinched between the block and the trusses. The finger was amputated.

An employee had been installing door and inside trim at a location. The employee was cutting lumber with a chop saw and amputated his left middle and index fingers.

An employee was behind a truck, preparing to dump one of two pallets of lumber from the truck's dump body (which had been raised so the lumber could be unloaded). The other pallet slid off the truck and struck the employee's lower leg, breaking it.

An employee was unloading lumber from a railcar. Railcars have ladders welded to each side for employees to enter/exit. The employee was climbing down one of the railcar ladders and slipped and fell between 6 and 8 feet to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured back, dislocated shoulder, and laceration to the top of the head.

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.

An employee was cutting cabinet trim using a table saw when four fingers on his left hand were severed, resulting in hospitalization and amputation.

The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.

An employee was installing insulation in a wall when she tripped on a hole (12" deep) and fell, hitting her head on the concrete floor. The employee sustained fractures to her leg and wrist, and lacerations to her head. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was loading a 4-inch wooden door into a pickup truck when he felt a pop in his right side behind his shoulder blade. He was hospitalized later that day and underwent surgery, having suffered a collapsed right lung.

An employee was operating a power drill when it slipped. The drill bit punctured the employee's hand and they were hospitalized.

After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.

An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.

An employee was inspecting flares processes. The employee received burns to the front side of the body, face and arm from the flares.

An employee was removing plastic material from a production line when the machine cycled and amputated his left index, ring, and little fingers.

An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.