GOODMAN, WISCONSIN—
Besse Forest Products, Inc.
Fall on same level, n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Besse Forest Products, Inc., 200 C Avenue, GOODMAN, WISCONSIN 54125 on — Fractures, affecting the thigh(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was using a pry bar to loosen a chipper wheel on a piece of machinery when wet saw dust caused the chipper wheel to lock up. When the employee loosened the wheel, his position and force caused him to fall backwards. His foot was under the frame of the machine at the time and because of his momentum and angle, he fractured his right femur.
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An employee's right ring finger was partially amputated when it got pinched between a reel of veneer and the reel track.
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