Wilkins Lumber Company Inc.

An employee was operating a machine when a wire pulled his right glove resulting in amputation of the index and middle fingertips.

An employee was grinding chicken when their right index fingertip was caught in the grinder and amputated.

An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.

An employee was passing through a large metal door when the door closed on the employee, resulting in a cracked rib.

An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee was operating a panel saw when a piece of wood got stuck in the dust collection vent. He was clearing the jam when the pressure bar (that holds the material) came down on his right hand and crushed his fingers. He sustained partial amputations to the middle and ring fingertips.

On September 3, 2025, a lumber handler was cutting a board with a circular saw when the saw blade grabbed his glove and pulled his hand into the saw. The blade amputated his left index finger and lacerated his left ring finger.

An employee was adjusting self-dumping steel hopper to get it to latch onto the tines of a forklift. He rocked the hopper back and forth to dump. The hopper slid off the forklift and fell about 2-3 feet down onto his legs. The employee sustained a cut on his head, a bruise on his face, and both his ankles were fractured.

An employee was using his left arm to pull a piece of lumber from a chain, which was on his right side, to stack it on a lumber bunk positioned to his left. His left middle fingertip was crushed between the end of the lumber he was moving and the stationary lumber stack behind him, resulting in an amputation.

An employee was pulling lumber through a chop saw when four of their left fingers were amputated.

An employee slipped while climbing a ladder on a skidder, fell to the ground, and suffered a tibia/fibula fracture. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was lowering the bucket of a track loader that contained a grade stake and the grade stake punctured his foot, resulting in hospitalization and surgery.

An employee was using a pike to move a pallet of sugar that was stuck in the powder racking. The employee fell backward, landing on his right leg. The employee's leg was fractured and he was hospitalized.

An employee was working to fix the forks on a forklift when the fork(s) fell on her toes. The second and third toes on her right foot were fractured, lacerated, and required stitches.

An employee was delivering a 65-foot boom lift to a rental customer's construction site. The employee set up the ramp truck in the parking lot adjacent to the construction site. He elevated the boom 4-5 feet to clear a temporary fence. While driving the boom lift off the ramp, the wheels slid to the driver's side of the ramp truck, ultimately sliding off the ramp. The boom lift fell off the side of the truck and rolled onto its side. The employee sustained a fractured clavicle, a dislocated shoulder, separated/fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and a fractured left femur. The employee required surgery.