Exposure to environmental heat indoor · Effects of heat n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Boise Cascade Company, 8835 Hwy. 1 North, LENA, LOUISIANA 71447
on — Effects of heat n.e.c., affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
Final narrative
An employee became overheated while working at a plywood production facility. The employee sustained dehydration, heat syncope, rhabdomyolysis, and an acute kidney injury.
An employee was removing a tube from a dryer when the tube partially came out. As he pushed the tube toward the door opening, the tube came free and the employee's momentum carried him forward. His right little finger was pinched between the door frame and the dryer tube, resulting in an open fracture. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.
An employee was assisting his co-worker to brace the products (35 inches high by 29 inches wide by 120 inches long) on the forklift. The forklift driver set the double pallet of reinforcement material on to the floor and the forklift backed out. Part of the bottom pallet on the left side broke and the materials started to wobble. The injured employee tried to stabilize it, but part of the top pallet fell on his chest causing him to fall down. As he was bracing his fall, he fractured his left wrist.
An employee was working on the grill when they began to feel ill. The employee was hospitalized to treat heat-related illness. The air conditioning was not working at the location.
An employee had been working in a fabrication area conducting preassembly of solar modules. The employee was hospitalized for heat-related illness, rhabdomyolysis, and renal failure.
An employee was working in the baking chambers of the tire retread center for 5.5-6 hours in approximately 100-degree heat. He developed severe pain and full body cramping. The employee was hospitalized with severe dehydration and heat exhaustion resulting in back pain and a kidney injury.
On August 8, 2025, an employee developed muscle cramps and dizziness. Later, while working on a plant floor, he developed full-body cramps. He was hospitalized, suffering from head exhaustion.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 321213)
An employee was standing on a platform, cleaning a mold, when he fell through an opening in the platform to the concrete floor approximately 6 feet below. The employee was hospitalized with injuries to his shoulder, elbow, and rib.
The injured employee was on the ground level receiving an OSB board from a co-worker who was on a 10-foot-high catwalk. The board was 4 feet by 25 feet and weighed approximately 270 pounds. As it was being slid down a handrail by a crew of three employees, the board went over the rail and landed on the injured employee's left foot, resulting in a fracture.
An employee was working on a wood lamination machine to form arches. As the employee was using a hammer, it struck his thumb, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
A yard crew was unhooking a trailer. An employee was pulling pins inside the hitch when the hitch moved and pinched his fingers. He suffered an amputation to the left index fingertip.
A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.
A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.
A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.
An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.