PETERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA—
Allegheny Wood Products, Inc.
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Allegheny Wood Products, Inc., 240 Airport Road, PETERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA 26847 on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
A pack of re-run railroad ties were placed on a vertical re-saw roll case to be re-sawn. An employee was cutting the banding when the pack fell apart. The railroad ties pinned the employee's right leg against a guardrail and the leg was broken.
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An employee was performing cleaning duties in the shaker room. The employee was going under a belt line from the chipper to the shaker when their hand and forearm became caught between a return roll and the belt. The employee's left hand/forearm was fractured and the employee was hospitalized.
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