JOYCE, LOUISIANA—
West Fraser
Struck by object tipping over · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at West Fraser, 6481 Hwy 34, JOYCE, LOUISIANA 71440 on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Trunk and other lower extremities.
Final narrative
An employee was using a cart to move saw blades. The cart tipped over, striking and pinning the employee under the blades. The employee sustained severe lacerations to their torso and legs that required surgery.
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A bundle of stacking sticks in the stick staging area busted open. An employee was rebinding the bundle and sustained a puncture wound between the ring and middle fingers from a splinter that punctured the seam of his right glove.
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