Louisiana-Pacific Corporation

An employee was holding the door for a co-worker when the tip of his right thumb was pinched and severed between the jamb and the door edge. The employee sustained an amputation of the distal thumb tip.

On January 20, 2025, an employee was walking between buildings when they slipped on ice and fell. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their left tibia and fibula.

An employee was clearing a jam in the strapping machine when the machine caused a partial amputation of his left index finger.

The injured employee was on the ground level receiving an OSB board from a co-worker who was on a 10-foot-high catwalk. The board was 4 feet by 25 feet and weighed approximately 270 pounds. As it was being slid down a handrail by a crew of three employees, the board went over the rail and landed on the injured employee's left foot, resulting in a fracture.

An employee was troubleshooting an airlock screw. The airlock's rotating blade struck the employee's right index, middle, and ring fingertips, resulting in partial amputations.

The employee was on top of a rail car to level the grain that was deposited into the car when they fell 13-15 feet to the ground. The employee sustained a right leg fracture.

An employee was on an extension ladder installing a satellite dish on a roof when they fell approximately 12-15 feet to the ground. The employee sustained fractures.

An employee was setting a 5-foot pry bar into a precast concrete slab and stood on the end of the pry bar to move the slab into place. The pry bar slipped out causing the employee to fall backward 15.5 feet to the dirt ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken leg.

An employee was on a step ladder to measure and mark a crane rail for modification. The employee fell approximately 12 to 15 feet to the ground, resulting in a fractured right hip.

An employee was on a trailer securing a load of logs when they fell approximately 9-12 feet to the ground. The employee sustained brain hemorrhaging and lacerations to the thigh and above the eye. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was working to dislodge a piece of stray veneer from a conveyor. The employee set up a ladder against the machine and climbed the ladder. He placed his left hand on the rail of the conveyor and his fingers were caught in the chain and sprocket assembly that powers the conveyor. Three fingers were amputated. The machine was guarded at the time.

A maintenance employee was changing a shaft on a piece of equipment that had been isolated for repair. While positioning the shaft into place, the shaft fell approximately two feet and pinched the employee's left index finger. The employee suffered a partial amputation of the fingertip without bone loss.

An employee was using a cart to move saw blades. The cart tipped over, striking and pinning the employee under the blades. The employee sustained severe lacerations to their torso and legs that required surgery.

An employee was labeling and writing on the back of a slab of quartz. The material was leaned toward him when the A-frame it was resting on shifted, causing the material to fall onto his right leg and break it.

An employee performed maintenance on various machines when they began to feel hot and unwell, and they experienced cramping. The employee was hospitalized with heat stress or dehydration.

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.