Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Boise Cascade , 8835 Highway 1 North , LENA, LOUISIANA 71447
on — Fractures and other injuries, n.e.c., affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was attempting to clean the focus eye lens in a trough that wood passes through on the lay-up assembly line. The machine started while the employee's right ring finger was in the strike area and a piece of wood crushed the finger, breaking it and causing the fingertip to burst.
An employee was changing over from running 3 1/8 to 5 1/8 beams at the sander on the finish line and placed a 2x6 board under the sander side head. The machine grabbed the board, pulling their left hand into the sander side head and causing a severe laceration on the left index finger and thumb. The index finger was amputated.
An employee was removing veneer from a composer machine using a pipe pole. The employee made contact with the blade in the machine, which partially amputated the employee's left thumb. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was attempting to dislodge a piece of veneer that was caught in a machine when her glove was pulled into the drive gears in the lower in-feed belt. Her right index finger was pinched and smashed by the drive gears. The machine was running and guarded at the time of the incident.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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