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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Westervelt Lumber Company, Inc.

Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified · Fractures

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Westervelt Lumber Company, Inc., 700 North Clarke Industrial Road, THOMASVILLE, ALABAMA 36784 on — Fractures, affecting the heel(s).

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An employee was talking to a forklift operator when the lift struck the employee, causing a heel fracture and right thigh injury.

Hospitalized Heel(s) Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered

Westervelt Lumber Company, Inc.

An employee was overlooking product that was being moved from a chain roller conveyor. The machine's frame is controlled by an air bag that lifts and lowers. The employee moved closer to the machine to get a better view of the product when the machine lowered and pinched his right foot, resulting in partial amputations of his big and index toes.

Westervelt Lumber Company, Inc.

An employee was talking on the phone when he felt something crawling on his arm. He noticed a black spider, was bitten, and within minutes began to exhibit signs consistent with a black widow spider bite.

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REPUBLIC SERVICES ENVIRONMENT, INC

An employee was walking back to her workstation. A forklift reversed a short distance, then completed a U-turn and struck her, running over her lower extremities. She was hospitalized with a broken ankle.

Gateway Terminals, L.L.C.

An employee was training on a jockey truck. Upon stepping out of the truck, the employee was struck by a rubber tire gantry crane, resulting in amputations of the right leg above the knee and left leg below the knee.

PUBLIX SUPER MARKETS, INC.

An employee was standing at the rear of a double pallet jack. Another double jack approached, and the employee's lower leg was caught between the two pieces of equipment. He suffered a broken tibia and fibula.

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.

An employee was unloading large material bags on a loading dock. A forklift tine pinned the employee's foot against a pallet, causing the employee to fall and suffer a broken ankle.

Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC

An employee was pushing a container when they were struck by a forklift. The employee sustained a left leg fracture.

Claude Howard Lumber Company

An employee was repairing a photo eye on the infeed roll case when they dropped a tool. The employee went to grab the tool and his fingers contacted the chain and sprocket of the infeed roll case. His fingers were pulled into the pinch point and the fingertips were crushed, resulting in amputation of one fingertip.

Shintech Inc

An employee was troubleshooting dispersing equipment. A belt and pulley system was energized, and the moving belt caught the employee's right ring finger. He suffered a partial amputation at the first knuckle, below the nail.

West Fraser, Inc.

An employee was cleaning the photo eye sensors of a piece of equipment between the saw that cuts lumber into lengths and boards. The employee stepped on a metal grate that gave way and fell 8-10 feet. The employee was able to remove himself from the conveyor. His tibia was fractured just below the knee.

SWS Sawmill, LLC

An employee was working to get a log back onto a carriage. The employee came into contact with the running saw, which amputated their arm.

IDAHO FOREST GROUP, LLC

While refilling a lubricant tank, an employee observed that a pump was not operating correctly. While troubleshooting the issue, the employee reached toward the back of the pump to check for proper airflow. Their left index finger contacted moving components in the pump's piston mechanism, resulting in partial amputation of the fingertip.

Sysco Gulf Coast, LLC

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.

Norflex, Inc.

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.

Ampler Pizza II LLC

An employee was shot in the leg with a pistol during an altercation with two people who had entered the store without permission.

Birdsong Corporation

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.

Pilgrims

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.