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OSHA Injury Report: Great Lakes Forest Products

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Great Lakes Forest Products in 21861 Protecta Drive, Elkhart, IN 46516 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine Operator in boards, wood, resawing purchased lumber.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Great Lakes Forest Products
Parent company
Great Lakes Forest Products
Street
21861 Protecta Drive
City
Elkhart
State
IN
ZIP
46516
On-site location
Plant 3

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
3

Before the incident

reached into the saw to remove a jammed piece of wood

What happened

when bypassing the machine guarding finger was smashed

Injury or illness

right middle ring finger and nail bed contusion

Object or substance involved

blade on machine

Summary line

reached into a saw and smashed right middle ring finger

Employee and industry

Job description
Machine Operator
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
321912 — Boards, wood, resawing purchased lumber
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
283
Total hours worked
479114
EIN
352076958
Establishment ID
930163
Employer case #
3

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
8:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
03FEB2025:16:30:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.