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OSHA Injury Report: West Fraser Newberry

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at West Fraser Newberry in 3287 College Street, Newberry, SC 29108 resulted in days away from work. Employee was planer Mill Maintenance Millwright in custom sawmills.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
West Fraser Newberry
Parent company
West Fraser Newberry
Street
3287 College Street
City
Newberry
State
SC
ZIP
29108
On-site location
Planer Mill

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
42

Before the incident

Troubleshooting the shavings cross over auger.

What happened

During pre-shift start up the of the Planer Mill waste system the millwrights were troubleshooting the shavings cross over auger zero speed switch fault. Two team members were outside of the mill verifying rotation of the auger while the third was inside and noticed the incline waste conveyor wasn 't running. The Team [REDACTED] (Teram [REDACTED] 3) that was inside initiated the auto start sequence for the waste conveyors the conveyor still didn 't start. Team [REDACTED] 3 went to investigate the cause suspecting it was a bad drive belt. Team [REDACTED] 3 placed their hand on the belt to check tension and the conveyor started pulling the left index and middle finger around the sheave of the drive. LOTO violation

Injury or illness

Partial ray amputation of the left first finger and left middle finger.

Object or substance involved

A belt driven sheeve.

Summary line

Left first finger and left middle finger

Employee and industry

Job description
Planer Mill Maintenance Millwright
SOC code
49-9044 — Millwrights
NAICS code
321113 — Custom sawmills
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
171
Total hours worked
401523
EIN
721489951
Establishment ID
1182407
Employer case #
3

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:45
Time of incident
6:20
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20JAN26:16:52:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.