Machine Injury & Accidents

Date	City	State	Employer	Body Part	Event
2021-10-17	Columbus	Oh	Anheuser-Busch	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was pushing logs into the pasteurizer bottom deck with their left hand, while their right hand was on the track on a plastic sliding door. As the employee was finishing up the task, the plastic sliding door moved, scraping the right little finger that was in the track and resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-09-29	Lewiston	Id	TODD CLEVELAND LOGGING	Thigh(s)	Struck by falling object or equipment
A logging line machine was hooking logs. An employee hooked the drag/turn onto a log, but it was on the end of the turn. The log started moving, slid down, and hit the employee, breaking both of his femurs.
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.
2021-08-09	Glencoe	Ok	Riggs Tree Service Inc.	Face	Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
An employee was cutting a tree into logs. He tripped on a log, then fell into another log and struck his head on it. He suffered a laceration to the left side of the head, by his eye.
2021-06-08	Niceville	Fl	WRIGHT TREE SERVICE INC	Fingertip(s)	Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects
An employee was feeding logs into a wood chipper when a log stopped the blade. While unjamming the chipper, the employee's right hand was caught between the log and chipper chute and his middle fingertip was amputated.
2021-06-01	Tillar	Ar	Timber Producers Selma Sawmill Division, LLC	Ankle(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was removing the bands from a package of 12-foot logs, which had been raised on a forklift and supported at each end with more logs. When the employee cut the last band, the logs fell on his ankles and broke both of them.
2021-01-08	Fitzgerald	Ga	Agri-Products, Inc.	Foot (feet) and ankle(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was rolling logs. The employee stepped onto a shaver box to straighten a log, and his right foot was caught between the shaver box and the drive chain. The foot and the ankle were broken.
2021-01-07	Neopit	Wi	Menominee Tribal Enterprises	Foot (feet)	Struck by object or equipment
An employee was bucking an 18-inch-thick pine tree into logs using a 24-inch-long chainsaw. The pressure of a cut tree released and the tree sprang back toward the employee, crushing his right foot and penetrating his boot. The foot was broken and punctured.
2021-01-05	Youngstown	Oh	Grace Services Inc	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was cutting and splitting logs with a hydraulic splitter when their finger became crushed between a log and the hydraulic splitter, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
2021-01-05	Lancaster	Pa	Flyway Excavating, Inc.	Ankle(s) and leg(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was cutting a tree into smaller sections for transport by a trackhoe. A section of log that was being picked up by the trackhoe slipped and caught the employee's lower right leg between two logs. The employee suffered a fracture to the lower leg/ankle.
2020-10-14	Yankton	Sd	Hydro Extrusion USA, LLC	Foot (feet)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was standing in front of a forklift carrying several 2,000-pound "logs" of aluminum. The logs were banded together; when the employee cut the banding so they could be unloaded, one of them rolled onto the employee's foot. The employee's steel safety toe collapsed, and the employee's toes and metatarsals were crushed. Part of the foot was medically amputated.
2020-10-02	Pine Bluff	Ar	Evergreen Packaging, LLC	Lower leg(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was clearing a jam in front of the wood sorter gate before the chipper in-feed conveyor. The jammed wood had pushed the sorter gate up to nearly the full-open position. The employee attached a chain-fall to one of the jammed logs. As the log was raised, the rest of the jam was relieved and fell on the conveyor below. The sorter gate then closed on the employee's right leg crushing it between the gate, a piece of wood and the surrounding frame. The employee's lower right leg was fract
2020-06-09	Canton	Ohio	GLENMOOR COUNTRY CLUB	Lower leg(s)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was cutting up tree logs and branches, while on the ground, when the chainsaw he was using kicked out and caught his left leg. He sustained severe cuts to the calf and was hospitalized for surgery.
2020-05-01	Fonda	New York	Keymark Corporation	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a measuring tape to measure an aluminum log on a conveyor. The conveyor started while the employee's hand was between two of the logs, crushing his fingers and resulting in the surgical amputation of his left middle fingertip.
2020-03-24	Delair	New Jersey	Aluminum Shapes, LLC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was cutting logs with a billet saw. The saw blade broke, causing amputations to the employee's left little, ring, and middle fingers. The employee was hospitalized.
2020-02-15	Richland	Mississippi	W.G. Yates & Sons Construction	Thigh(s)	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was assisting in cutting downed logs into small sections. An end section of log came loose from the tractor and struck the employee in the right leg fracturing the femur.
2019-09-13	East Point	Georgia	LSG Sky Chefs, Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
An employee was preparing meat logs to be placed in the meat slicer. The employee's hand slipped down while the meat slicer was in operation and the blade caused an amputation to the left middle finger.
2019-07-15	Corrigan	Texas	Corrigan OSB, L.L.C	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
Employees were using an overhead crane to move logs. One employee was controlling the crane with a remote control. Another employee had his right hand on top of the hoist block when the block was raised. The employee's index finger was caught between the block and a pipe resulting in a partial amputation of the right index finger.
2019-06-25	Hazlehurst	Georgia	Thompson Hardwoods, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was operating a loader with a grapple attachment to unload tree logs from a truck when he noticed the temperature indicator light flashing. The employee turned off the loader and waited a few minutes to let the engine cool off. Next, the employee started to remove one of the radiator caps on the loader. As he started removing the cap, hot water and steam released from that area, striking the employee. He sustained third degree burns to his left wrist, left arm, and left side torso.
2019-04-16	Charleston	Mississippi	Page Clearing, Inc.	Leg(s)	Fall on same level due to tripping over self
An employee had been trimming logs with a chain saw when he started to move to a new location. His left foot became caught under a log as he stepped over it, causing him to fall forward and fracture his left leg.
2019-03-06	Hoboken	Georgia	Varn Wood Products, LLC	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
An employee was cleaning up around a sawmill, throwing logs onto a long-log chain-conveyor. The nip point between a metal trough and a log caught his right index finger, causing a partial amputation at the first joint.
2019-02-20	Wind Gap	Pennsylvania	Paul Giroux, Inc.	Multiple body parts	Jack-knifed or overturned, nonroadway
An employee was driving a tractor-trailer truck as it dumped a load of logs. The truck hit a bump and the trailer tipped over, taking the cab with it. The employee suffered bruising to the left shoulder and body.
2018-06-13	Park Falls	Wisconsin	Park Falls Hardwoods	Toes(s), toenail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
On June 13, 2018, an employee was clearing debris away from the photoelectric eyes on a conveyor that housed a kicker that moved logs. The machine engaged when the debris was moved which caused the kicker to cycle. The employee's right foot was crushed by the kicker resulting in the partial surgical amputation of two toes.
2018-05-14	Gnadenhutten	Ohio	Millwood Lumber Inc.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was operating a vertical splitter to split logs and was holding the log on the top. As he depressed the foot pedal, the blades came down and amputated a portion of his right index finger.
2018-04-19	Springfield	Georgia	Georgia Exports Company, LLC	Multiple body parts	Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
An employee was helping to load a container with logs. The logs are picked up with a knuckle boom loader and placed onto racks for temporary storage. The racks are then pushed into 40-foot containers with a front-end loader. Jockey trucks are used to position the containers at/in the loading area. The injured employee was standing in the loading area helping to load a container with logs when a 19-foot log from the knuckle boom loader fell onto the employee resulting in a broken facial bone, a b
2018-03-14	Tallahassee	Florida	Fielder Tree Services, L.L.C.	Foot (feet)	Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
An employee was working from the ground cutting logs with a gas-powered chain saw when the chainsaw lacerated his left foot, severing a tendon. He was hospitalized.
2018-01-08	Dille	West Virgini	Penn Line Corporation	Head, neck, and trunk	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
On January 8, 2018, at approximately 3:00 p.m., an employee was flagging traffic on a two-lane road. A log truck, pulling a trailer with logs, was directed through the work zone. The trailer's outside tires dropped off the pavement, causing the trailer to tip. As the trailer tipped over, the straps holding the logs broke. The employee, standing approximately 20 feet away, began running and was struck by the rolling logs, suffering multiple fractures to the face, hip, pelvis, neck, and back. The
2017-09-11	Louisville	Mississippi	Winston Plywood & Veneer, LLC	Arm(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
On September 11, 2017, an employee was reinstalling a carriage in a lathe that cuts logs into veneer when a manual chain hoist that was stabilizing the pressure roll slipped. His right arm was then pinched between the top and bottom of the lathe.
2017-08-30	Brooklyn	New York	Greenwood Cemetary	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee's middle finger was pinched between two logs. The right middle finger was amputated to the nail area.
2016-10-19	Emporium	Pennsylvania	Emporium Hardwoods Operating Company LLC	Foot (feet)	Injured by handheld object or equipment, n.e.c.
An employee was using a 24" chainsaw to trim oversized logs. During use, the chainsaw dropped and cut the employee's foot. The employee was hospitalized for surgery on his foot.
2016-08-12	Pleasanton	Texas	W W Wood, INC.	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
An employee was using a wood processor to process logs. The logs, which were being held down by a clamp, tipped, so the employee opened the processor screen. The clamp then came down and smashed his left-hand little finger. His fingertip had to be surgically amputated.
2016-08-02	Brookhaven	Mississippi	Rex Lumber, Brookhaven, LLC.	Finger(s), fingernail(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was removing 3 feet of cut-up log from the sawmill floor when two fingers on his left hand were pinched and broken by the logs.
2016-04-01	Lake Luzerne	New York	Cersosimo Lumber Company	Shoulder(s) and back	Other fall to lower level
An employee was unloading logs from a log trailer. The employee stepped on a ladder to climb down when the ladder disconnected, causing the employee to fall and suffer contusions to the back and right shoulder.
2016-02-03	Birmingham	Alabama	Hearthmark, L.L.C. Dba Jarden Home Brands	Fingertip(s)	Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
A temporary employee was removing reject logs from the line 5 conveyor belt when he got his finger caught-in the drive chain sprocket and suffered an amputation of the right middle fingertip.
2015-12-03	Broxton	Georgia	Shumans Brothers Logging, Inc	Multiple body parts	Explosion of nonpressurized vapors, gases, or liquids
An employee suffered burns to 45% of his lower body when a plastic bottle of diesel fuel blew up near him while he was trimming logs.
2015-11-12	Madison	Georgia	Georgia Pacific Madison Plywood Division	Fingertip(s)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee was moving a load of wood logs with a crane. After disconnecting the metal sling clip attached to the load, the logs shifted, causing the employee's finger to get caught between them. The employee's right middle fingertip was amputated.
2015-10-15	Amsterdam	New York	Beech-Nut Nutrition Company	Multiple body parts	Contact with hot objects or substances
An employee was sprayed by baby food product and metal while checking for clogs in the system line, sustaining burns on the right hand, right forearm, chest, and upper lip. The baby food product was approximately 200 degrees.
2015-06-23	Deer Lodge	Montana	Sun Mountain Logging	Foot (feet)	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
One employee was moving logs and one log rolled and caught his foot between the log and a chain.
2015-05-25	Cold Creek	Nevada	U.S. Forest Service, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Spring Mountain NRA	Multiple body parts	Explosion, n.e.c.
An employee was using a chain saw while "bucking" logs at a small (1/10 acre) forest fire. The employee suffered second and third degree burns on the arms, neck and face when the chain saw failed/exploded/flashed.
2015-04-09	Sisters	Oregon	Forest Service, Sisters Ranger District	Lower leg(s)	Compressed or pinched between two stationary objects
An employee in the field, near Forest Service Road 15-700, was climbing over logs and got his foot caught. He was hospitalized with a broken tibia and fibula.
2015-04-03	El Dorado	Arkansas	Anthony Forest Products Company	Lower leg(s)	Struck by rolling object or equipment-other than powered vehicle, n.e.c.
An employee had finished unjamming logs in the log deck when he asked a coworker to use a log turner on the logs. The area was not completely cleared when the coworker used the log turner. One of the logs escaped and rolled onto the employee, injuring his left knee, fracturing his left fibula, and lacerating his right elbow.
2015-03-20	Otter Creek	Florida	Loncala, Incorporated	Leg(s)	Struck by object or equipment rolling freely
An employee was walking by a log pile when one of the logs slipped and rolled down the pile, hitting the employee in the back of the leg and breaking it.
2015-03-18	Hoboken	Georgia	VARN WOOD PRODUCTS, LLC.	Foot (feet)	Struck by falling object or equipment
An employee attempted to straighten logs that were out in the yard when a log fell and hit his left foot, resulting in an open fracture to the foot and hospitalization.
2015-03-04	Bradford	Pennsylvania	Bradford Forest, Inc.	Nonclassifiable	Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area
An employee was struck and run over by the front left tire of a rough terrain forklift. The rough terrain forklift was carrying a load of logs, and the forklift operator was driving towards the scale. The injured employee was hospitalized.
2015-02-06	Harrisburg	Pennsylvania	Consolidated Scrap Resources, Inc.	Internal abdominal location	Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
An employee of Hebron Inc. delivered scrap cars to a salvage yard. While unstrapping the restraints, at least two car logs dislodged from the scrap pile and rolled/slid, pinning the employee between the trailer and the car logs. The employee was hospitalized for injuries that included internal bleeding.