LENA, LOUISIANA—
Boise Cascade
Struck by running powered equipment unspecified · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Boise Cascade, 8835 HWY 1, LENA, LOUISIANA 71447 on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Thumb(s).
Final narrative
An employee was removing veneer from a composer machine using a pipe pole. The employee made contact with the blade in the machine, which partially amputated the employee's left thumb. The employee was hospitalized.
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An employee was changing over from running 3 1/8 to 5 1/8 beams at the sander on the finish line and placed a 2x6 board under the sander side head. The machine grabbed the board, pulling their left hand into the sander side head and causing a severe laceration on the left index finger and thumb. The index finger was amputated.
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An employee was operating a stand-up forklift in a warehouse. He backed into a parked forklift and suffered an injury to his right leg.
FLORIEN, LOUISIANA—
Boise Cascade
An employee was working on a stud mill machine. The machine amputated the employee's left thumb, index finger, and middle finger.
LENA, LOUISIANA—
Boise Cascade
An employee was attempting to clean the focus eye lens in a trough that wood passes through on the lay-up assembly line. The machine started while the employee's right ring finger was in the strike area and a piece of wood crushed the finger, breaking it and causing the fingertip to burst.
LENA, LOUISIANA—
Boise Cascade
An employee was attempting to dislodge a piece of veneer that was caught in a machine when her glove was pulled into the drive gears in the lower in-feed belt. Her right index finger was pinched and smashed by the drive gears. The machine was running and guarded at the time of the incident.
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