HAZLEHURST, GEORGIA—
Beasley Forest Products, Inc.
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations involving bone loss
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Beasley Forest Products, Inc., 770 Uvalda Hwy, HAZLEHURST, GEORGIA 31539 on — Amputations involving bone loss, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee's right hand was caught in a chain after a machine started up while he was looking at a jammed log. The employee suffered multiple finger amputations on his right hand and was hospitalized.
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HAZLEHURST, GEORGIA—
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An employee was walking to a break area when she was struck and run over by an industrial forklift. The employee was hospitalized with an injury to her body and a severe leg injury.
HAZLEHURST, GEORGIA—
Beasley Forest Products, Inc.
A drive chain broke at the wave feeder on the log line infeed. The injured employee came to help move logs with a remote-controlled hoist so they could reach the chain sprocket. He connected the log grapple to a log and started to lift the log with the hoist. The log rolled and pinned his left leg against another log, fracturing his leg. The employee was hospitalized.
HAZLEHURST, GEORGIA—
Beasley Forest Products, Inc.
An employee was replacing nylon guides inside the dry sorter bay. He was holding onto the hoist cable for support as he entered the sorter bay when the lumber racks in the bay slowly went down, causing his left hand and fingers to become caught between the hoist cable and pulley. The employee sustained fractures to his middle, ring, and little fingers and an amputation to the ring fingertip.
HAZLEHURST, GEORGIA—
Beasley Forest Products, Inc.
An employee was clearing a jam in a conveyor system of the dry sorter area. Clearing the jam jarred the board, causing the employee to fall approximately 20 feet to the floor. They sustained a lower left leg fracture.
HAZLEHURST, GEORGIA—
Beasley Forest Products, Inc.
An employee was working on the wheels of a hydraulic lift table. When he disconnected the hydraulic hose to relieve pressure, the scissors and weight from the back half of the table fell onto his right arm. The arm, elbow, and hand were crushed.
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