Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Wood Products, Inc., 1002 South 46th Street, GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58201
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was running the edge banding machine when she noticed it was not centered. The employee went to clean the machine and her left middle finger was amputated.
An employee was unclogging the sawdust collection system on a gang saw when they sustained amputations to their left middle fingertip and right index fingertip from the spinning turbines in the chute.
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.
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On April 17, 2025, at 3:20 p.m., an employee was cleaning a drawer machine by blowing down the machine with air. His left hand was struck by the rotary blade on the machine, resulting in amputation to the index fingertip. The machine was guarded at the time.
An employee was unclogging the sawdust collection system on a gang saw when they sustained amputations to their left middle fingertip and right index fingertip from the spinning turbines in the chute.
An employee was on the ground working to close a trailer door. The door was caught by the wind and blew the employee backward. He landed on his back and sustained four fractured ribs, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was walking on top of boiler to close a valve. The employee fell off the boiler and landed on the floor, sustaining fractured ribs. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was exiting a loader and coming down the ladder. His hand slipped off the railing and he fell backward onto sandy ground, landing on his side. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis and a rotator cuff tear.