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.

An employee was operating a forklift and unloading a truck. After the truck was unloaded, the employee got off the forklift and proceeded to adjust the dock plate with a hook tool. The dock plate slipped and the employee went to adjust the plate with their hand when their left middle finger got caught. Their finger was amputated above the first joint.

An employee was rotating a carbide granulator blade when his finger was caught between the blade and a stationary part of the machine. The employee's right middle finger was partially amputated and they suffered an avulsion to the right ring fingertip.

An employee was using a CNC metal lathe machine in manual mode to check that the thread blocking tool made contact with the jaws. As the employee was manually spinning the spindle, his index fingertip was crushed between the spindle's jaws and the grooving insert, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

During a material handling operation, an employee's fingertip was caught under an air conditioning unit as the unit was lowered onto a cart. The employee's fingertip was amputated.

An employee was removing a bolt from a tractor hub when their right index finger was caught between the hub and the frame. The employee's fingertip was crushed and the employee was hospitalized.

Two employees were investigating smoke originating from a screw at the base of a dry fuel silo. While they were in the ground-level hopper area, a dust explosion occurred. Both employees were burned. One suffered burns to both arms, the face, and the left side of the torso; the other was burned on the face and chest, as well as suffering circumferential burns to the arms.

At 8:00 a.m. on April 22, 2025, an employee was responding to a tracking fault on the bottom head of a six-head sander. While he was straightening the belt, his right hand was pulled in, wedged, and lacerated. He was hospitalized.

An employee slipped and fell while sanding a plenum. The employee landed on their leg and was hospitalized with a broken tibia.

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 swapping motor leads to change the rotation on a river well pump motor when an arc flash occurred. The employee sustained second-degree burns to their hands and forearms.

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.