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OSHA Injury Report: Parton Lumber Company

Injury · Death

At a glance

On , an injury at Parton Lumber Company in 251 Parton Road, Rutherfordton, NC 28139 resulted in death. Employee was pAINT SHED ATTENDANT in sawmills.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Parton Lumber Company
Parent company
Parton Lumber Company Inc.
Street
251 Parton Road
City
Rutherfordton
State
NC
ZIP
28139
On-site location
BUILDING 8 LOADING AREA

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Death (code 1)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Date of death

Before the incident

WALKING ACROSS THE LOADING STAGING AREA

What happened

FORKLIFT OPERATOR WAS BACKING UP TO REPOSITION TO PICKUP A SET OF LUMBER THE I W WALKED INTO THE FORKLIFTS PATH OF TRAVEL

Injury or illness

HEAD TRAUMA

Object or substance involved

FORKLIFT

Summary line

HEAD TRAUMA FORKLIFT

Employee and industry

Job description
PAINT SHED ATTENDANT
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
321113 — Sawmills
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
151
Total hours worked
359412
EIN
560711418
Establishment ID
168260
Employer case #
2

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
8:45:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
28FEB24:20:02:00

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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.