Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2020-04-23 | Simsboro | Louisiana | Roseburg Forest Products | Multiple body parts | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
A millwright was doing preventive maintenance on a cooling wheel that was locked out. The failsafe brake malfunctioned, causing the wheel to turn and strike him. He suffered a broken left arm, a broken left leg, and broken ribs and was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-09-13 | Simsboro | Louisiana | Weyerhaeuser | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. |
An employee was checking a cooling fan when it cut his right thumb and broke the bone. He was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-06-08 | Simsboro | Louisiana | WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY | Hand(s) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
An employee was clearing a jam on a panel stacker when several oriented strand board (OSB) panels fell onto her hands causing a laceration and fracture to the left hand and a laceration to the right ring finger. | |||||
2017-10-09 | Simsboro | Louisiana | Weyerhaeuser NR Co. | Leg(s) | Struck by other falling powered vehicle |
A golf cart that was lifted on a hydraulic jack stand slipped and fell onto an employee while he was working underneath it, fracturing his left leg. | |||||
2017-08-17 | Simsboro | Louisiana | Ardagh Glass, Inc | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was maintaining a forming machine (forms molten glass into glassware) when he became overheated and experienced stomach cramps and nausea. He was hospitalized for heat exhaustion. | |||||
2017-06-28 | Simsboro | Louisiana | Ardagh Glass, Inc | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Part of occupant’s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident |
An employee was backing up a forklift. His hand was on the overhead rail when he struck a cage and overhead pipe guard. His right hand was caught between the overhead rail and the pipe guard, amputating his index finger at the middle knuckle. | |||||
2016-05-11 | Simsboro | Louisiana | Roseburg Forest Products | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was using a strapping machine to band wood together when two of his fingers were partially amputated. |