Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2019-08-17 | Pineland | Texas | Georgia Pacific Lumber Operations - Pineland | Hand(s) and arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee had been realigning a conveyor chain at an unscrambler. The employee went back to grab a board off the conveyor the machine started. The employee's arm was pinched between the chain and the unscrambler wall; the employee suffered fractures to the left ulna, radius, and hand, as well as a laceration between the left thumb and forefinger. | |||||
2019-04-02 | Pineland | Texas | Georgia Pacific Lumber Operations - Pineland | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck by dislodged flying object, particle |
An employee was trying to remove a board that was stuck vertically in a mill stacker reject bin when it moved toward instead of away from him and it hit his hand. The board caught his finger, causing an amputation. |