DE PERE, WISCONSIN—
Millwood, Inc.
Struck by running powered equipment unspecified · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Millwood, Inc., 2191 AMERICAN BLVD, DE PERE, WISCONSIN 54115 on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
On March 4, 2025, an employee was reaching for a piece of debris on the new repair line paint area, when his shirt strings became caught in a roller. His right little finger was caught in the chain of a conveyor and partially amputated.
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An employee was clearing a jam in a pallet nailing machine when their middle finger was caught between a runner and the metal stop of the machine. The employee sustained a finger amputation.
MECHANICSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA—
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An employee was cleaning up after servicing a machine between the machine's infeed rollers and a guard rail. A forklift was placing a load of pallets on the infeed rollers when the bottom pallet caught the lip of the line, causing the rest of the wooden pallets to fall off the forklift's forks. The pallets pinned the injured employee against the equipment and broke his pelvis.
VIENNA, OHIO—
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An employee was loading a wood board into a feeder. The employee's finger was caught between the material and a stop plate, and the employee suffered an amputation to the finger.
TUNKHANNOCK, PENNSYLVANIA—
Millwood, Inc.
An employee was pushing a stack of pallets down a gravity conveyor. The top pallet fell and struck the employee's head. The employee was hospitalized.
ALBURTIS, PENNSYLVANIA—
Millwood, Inc.
An employee was standing near a stack of wooden pallets in the warehouse when a forklift bumped into the stack, causing the pallets to topple over onto the employee. The employee sustained a fractured leg.
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