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OSHA Injury Report: American Wood Fibers

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at American Wood Fibers in 9740 Patuxent Woods Dr. #500, Columbia, MD 21046 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was shaver supervisor in misc Wood Shavings Mulching.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
American Wood Fibers
Parent company
American Wood Fibers Inc
Street
9740 Patuxent Woods Dr. #500
City
Columbia
State
MD
ZIP
21046
On-site location
53Marshall

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Changing shaver blades

What happened

Employee was changing shaver blades when a blade chipped and a piece of metal lodged in his right ear lobe.

Injury or illness

Other

Object or substance involved

Metal fragment from broken blade

Summary line

Other to Right Ear caused by Metal fragment from broken blade

Employee and industry

Job description
Shaver supervisor
SOC code
51-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
NAICS code
321999 — Misc Wood Shavings Mulching
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
326
Total hours worked
735522
Establishment ID
1452373
Employer case #
IN-202510

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
9:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
31JAN26:00:20:00

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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.