Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at International Timber & Veneer LLC, 75 McQuiston Drive, JACKSON CENTER, PENNSYLVANIA 16133
on — Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
Final narrative
An employee was adjusting the belt on a slicing machine. The employee went to step up onto the platform, missed the step, and fell to the concrete ground. The employee was hospitalized with a broken lower leg.
HospitalizedLower leg(s)Floor, n.e.c.
More severe injuries at International Timber & Veneer LLC
A maintenance employee was near the chipper room area outside of the building using an extension ladder to inspect the 18-inch metal blower pipe that goes into the silo. The base of the ladder kicked out, causing the employee and the ladder to fall approximately 10-12 feet to the ground. The employee's left arm was caught underneath the ladder and all three bones in the arm were broken.
An employee was climbing off a saw from a height of 3 feet. He slipped on a cross-member and his hand contacted the belt that had just been installed on the saw. The weight forced the belt to move through the pulley, bringing his right hand with it. He suffered lacerations to the right index, middle, and ring fingers and an amputation to the index finger at the second knuckle.
A maintenance employee changed the knives on the hog barrel while the machine was locked out. After installing the new knives, the employee had to spin the barrel to ensure the knives did not hit the machine. As the barrel was spinning, his left hand was struck by a knife. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery on his left thumb.
An employee was conducting housekeeping operations around a wood chipper when the employee's hand potentially became caught in the wood chipper conveyor. The employee suffered amputations of the pinky finger and ring finger.
An employee was walking behind the store with another associate to get paperwork from the delivery driver when she fell on the walkway and sustained a leg fracture that required surgery.
An employee was adjusting the forks on a forklift when a fork detached from the forklift. The employee jumped out of the way but fell on the concrete floor. The employee was hospitalized with a broken hip.
An employee was using a water hose to clean debris out of the outfeed of a log conditioning vat. Water began entering the vat from the adjoining vat through a void in the separation wall at the infeed of the vats. As the employee was exiting the vat he had been working in using the access opening at the outfeed, hot water exiting the access opening entered the top of his protective hip wader. It pooled at the bottom of the wader and burned his left foot and ankle.
On August 31, 2025, an employee was pulling a belt around a pulley when their right ring finger was caught between the pulley and the belt for the underdraft fan. The finger was lacerated and the employee was hospitalized.
An employee was on a ladder, pruning a tree in the outside picnic area. The employee lost their balance and fell. The employee was hospitalized with a fracture to their lower left leg.
On May 8, 2025, an employee was dumping a trash hopper while operating a forklift. His left hand was caught in a pinch point on the bottom of the trash hopper, resulting in a partial amputation to the index fingertip.
An employee was cleaning an air station with a pressure washer when the water stream went through their boot and contacted their left foot, resulting in a 1.5 inch by 1 inch laceration to the top of the foot.
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