| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-25 | Chopin | Louisiana | MARTCO PLYWOOD | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was working to unhang a belt on a dryer with an extension device. The device got wedged and the employee went through a barrier rail to remove it. His left arm came in contact with the belt sprocket and was pulled into the equipment. The employee received a fracture and laceration to the left arm. | |||||
| 2017-07-31 | Chopin | Louisiana | Martco LLC | Pelvic region | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was positioned between a dynamic tamp table and a static structure when his body hit a switch that engaged the tamp table. The employee sustained a fracture to his left pelvic area. | |||||
| 2016-05-11 | Chopin | Louisiana | Martco, LLC - Chopin | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Contact with objects and equipment |
| An employee was changing the knives on a veneer lathe when two of his left-hand fingers were severely lacerated. | |||||
| 2015-10-17 | Chopin | Louisiana | Marco LLC | Forearm(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was removing a sheet of veneer from the top deck of the dry out-feed conveyor when a second sheet of veneer fell and lodged in the employee's right forearm. | |||||
| 2015-10-03 | Chopin | Louisiana | MARTCO L.L.C. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| An employee was attempting to remove debris from the scanner on the veneer grading table. The rag he was using got pulled into an idler pulley, causing his hand to also be pulled in. He suffered a right thumb laceration and fracture. | |||||
| 2015-07-08 | Chopin | Louisiana | MARTCO L.L.C. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| An employee put his finger in a small 1-inch hole in the side of an enclosed conveyor. His fingertip was struck by a conveyor flight. One-eighth of an inch of his right index fingertip was damaged. | |||||