Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-09-22	Superior	Mt	Aucker Builders	Thigh(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was limbing and bucking logs when he was struck by a log that a log loader was moving to the road. The employee sustained a broken femur.
2021-04-27	Wilton	Ny	Galusha & Sons, LLC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle
An employee was operating a log loader. The loader struck a tree stump embedded in the ground and rocked, its open door swinging shut. The employee's left middle, ring, and little fingers were caught between the door and the cab. The middle ring and ring fingers were medically amputated at the second knuckle, and the little finger was reattached.
2018-08-20	Haydenville	Ohio	Sawmiller, LLC	Forearm(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
On August 20, 2018, a maintenance employee was positioning a broken log turner to prepare for welding when the log loader was actuated and broke the employee's right forearm.
2017-07-20	Montgomery	Massachusett	NORTHERN TREE SERVICE	Nonclassifiable	Other fall to lower level
An employee was sitting in the operator seat of a log loader truck preparing to assist in a tree felling operation when a tree limb broke and fell on him, knocking him to the ground. He fractured four vertebrae, requiring hospitalization and surgery.
2016-08-31	Evadale	Texas	WD Chips, LLC	Brain	Struck by dislodged flying object, particle
An employee was assisting two other employee to remove a cylinder from a log loader. The employee was using a pry bar to assist the other employees that were trying to remove a pin. Once the pin was removed, the cylinder slipped forward in the mud causing the pry bar to jerk backwards and strike the employee in the head just below his hard hat knocking him unconscious. The employee suffered from a concussion and a small brain bleed. He was hospitalized.