Woodgrain Millwork, Inc.

An employee was reinstalling an idler machine. He went to tighten the bolt that holds the idler on and the machine started due to a sensor reading the movement. His right little finger was caught in the drive belt and the distal phalanx was amputated.

An employee was investigating a saw blade that was not spinning. The employee was checking the tension chain when the motor activated and his left index finger was caught in the chain belt, resulting in a partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation.

An employee was clearing a broken board that was wedged between the hold down, the table, and the cutter head guard of a planer. A piece of the board caught the employee's glove and pulled their right hand between the cutter head guard and the hold down. The employee's index, middle, and ring fingers contacted the cutter head and sustained lacerations between the fingernail and the first knuckle. The middle and ring fingers were amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee's right ring finger was caught between a 2X4 exciting the cutter head and the back of the cutter head guards, resulting in a partial finger amputation.

An employee was clearing a jam when the unsorter activated and the employee became caught between the unsorter deck and a lumber pile. The employee sustained a broken sternum and ribs.

An employee was changing a saw blade when the saw machine activated. The employee's left ring and little fingers were amputated.

An employee was clearing a jam from the label cutting machine when their left middle finger was partially amputated.

Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.

An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.

An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.

An employee had been unloading material from a drop table. When the employee reached to remove parts from a bin, the drop table came down on their right middle finger. The fingertip was amputated.

An employee was loading sliding doors and window panels onto a truck when the sliding doors fell on top of them. The employee sustained a pelvis fracture and internal injuries and was hospitalized.

The injured employee was working alongside a trainer. The trainer was adjusting the side fences that hold the wood in place as it passes through the molder. The injured employee was using compressed air to clean the area. They went to remove a sliver of wood to prevent a potential jam. The rollers activated, which processed material through the machine, caught the employee s glove, and pulled their hand toward the cutting head of the molder. The employee sustained lacerations to their right middle and ring fingers and an amputation to the distal phalanx of the middle finger.

On August 11, 2025, an employee was operating a clamping machine that used two pneumatic cylinders to clamp boards together for gluing. While he was positioning a board, the control was activated and the clamp on one side of the machine closed. A fingertip on his right hand was caught between the clamp and the board. He suffered an amputation to the fingertip (involving a torn fingernail and surrounding skin) as well as a fracture to the last joint of the finger.

On July 21, 2025, an employee was working from a 10-foot step ladder while installing a 3-by-5-foot glass window pane on the outside of a new home under construction. The window fell from the frame and the employee went to catch it when the ladder slipped. The employee fell 5 feet to the ground and landed on small pieces of concrete left over from the foundation pour. The employee was hospitalized with a dislocated elbow and fractured wrist that required surgery.

An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.

A casting machine jammed. An employee's hand was caught in the machine, where a belt line caught and amputated the tip of his finger.

During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.

An employee slipped on condensation on a walkway in a parking garage. She fell and suffered a closed fracture to the neck of the left femur.

An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.