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OSHA Injury Report: Polk Sawmill, LLC

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Polk Sawmill, LLC in 206 Will Green Road, Tryon, NC 28782 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was dEBARKER OPERATOR in sawmills.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Polk Sawmill, LLC
Street
206 Will Green Road
City
Tryon
State
NC
ZIP
28782
On-site location
DE-BARKER INFEED CHAIN

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
29

Before the incident

PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON THE DE-BARKER

What happened

STANDING ON A CHAIN WITH HIS LEFT FOOT AND STEPPED ON THE RING DE-BARKER WITH HIS RIGHT FOOT HIS RIGHT FOOT SLIPPED AND HIS LEFT KNEE BUCKLED UNDER HIS WEIGHT HIS KNEE LANDED ON THE CHAIN CONVEYOR

Injury or illness

LEFT KNEE SPRAIN

Object or substance involved

CHAIN CONVEYOR

Summary line

[REDACTED] SPRAIN CHAIN CONVEYOR

Employee and industry

Job description
DEBARKER OPERATOR
SOC code
51-7041 — Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
NAICS code
321113 — Sawmills
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
30
Total hours worked
67698
EIN
812347189
Establishment ID
168418
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
29FEB24:21:38:00

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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.