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OSHA Injury Report: Kretz Lumber Co., Inc.

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Kretz Lumber Co., Inc. in W11143 COUNTY ROAD G, Antigo, WI 54409 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was general Laborer in sawmills.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Kretz Lumber Co., Inc.
Parent company
Kretz Lumber Co., Inc.
Street
W11143 COUNTY ROAD G
City
Antigo
State
WI
ZIP
54409
On-site location
Sawmill transfer

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
48

Before the incident

Piling lumber on the sawmill transfer.

What happened

Employee walked outside of the transfer to put dunnage on a pack he just pushed out. When walking back into the transfer employee slipped and his thumb caught the edge of a pack putting all of the weight on it.

Injury or illness

Pain of left thumb after weight bearing injury.

Object or substance involved

Slip.

Summary line

Slipped while walking between two packs of lumber caught his left hand thumb on one pack causing it to hyper extend.

Employee and industry

Job description
General Laborer
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code
321113 — Sawmills
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
78
Total hours worked
159558
EIN
390888340
Establishment ID
1115126
Employer case #
2

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:30:00.000
Time of incident
13:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
26FEB24:20:00:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.