PINELAND, TEXAS—
Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Fractures
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Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Georgia-Pacific Wood Products LLC, 105 Yellow Pine Hwy, PINELAND, TEXAS 75968 on — Fractures, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was removing lumber from a drying kiln using a forklift. He dismounted his forklift to attach a cable to a cart holding a load of lumber. A second employee shifted the load, which pinned the injured employee between the load of lumber and his forklift. He sustained fractures to the right arm, scapula, ribs, and face.
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An employee was testing whether electricity was available at a valve on a piece of equipment that moved from side as it cut logs. After testing, he inserted an electric plug back into the valve. This caused the equipment to move to the side and then return to its home position. The employee was caught between a motor and a hydraulic tank and suffered an injury to the left shoulder and upper torso, resulting in three broken ribs.
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On June 17, 2024, at approximately 5:55 a.m., a machine operator injured his right leg after stepping into a 6-inch gap between sections of the edger infeed platform grating. The employee sustained a muscle tear and hematoma.
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An employee was helping repair a sawmill trimmer. The employee transferred a pry bar from their right hand to their left hand, then turned, at which point the employee's left middle fingertip was pinched between the pry bar and a saw box. The fingertip was crushed at the nailbed, but not fractured; the employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
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