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OSHA Injury Report: Parton Lumber Company

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Parton Lumber Company in 251 Parton Road, Rutherfordton, NC 28139 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was sORTER OPERATOR 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
BIG UNSCRAMBLER AT THE SAWMILL SORTER

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
13

Before the incident

USING A CHAINSAW TO DISLODGE A SKEWED BOARD

What happened

THE BOARDS HE WAS CUTTING WAS HOLDING UP SEVERAL OTHER BOARDS WHEN HE CUT THROUGH THE OTHER BOARDS SLID DOWN THE UNSCRAMBLER INCLINE.

Injury or illness

ABRASION ON HIS LEFT ANKLE CONTUSION OF HIS LEFT ANKLE

Object or substance involved

BOARDS

Summary line

[REDACTED] CONTUSION OF THE LEFT ANKLE BOARDS

Employee and industry

Job description
SORTER OPERATOR
SOC code
51-9061 — Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
NAICS code
321113 — Sawmills
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
151
Total hours worked
359412
EIN
560711418
Establishment ID
168260
Employer case #
4

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:30:00.000
Time of incident
15:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
28FEB24:20:22:00

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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.