Sawmill and Woodworking Machinery Manufacturing
Industry Summary
Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (-100% more) the average for the Industrial Machinery Manufacturing Industry.
OSHA investigators arrived in Sandersville, GA on Thursday, June 15th 2017 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at Beasley Forest Products, Inc. which had occured on Monday, June 12th 2017. A 34 year old Operations & systems researcher had been injured when the employee's arm was injured while clearing a jam on a sawmill
OSHA ID96393.015
Accident Date2017-06-12
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 7:50 a.m. on June 12, 2017, an employee was operating sorter equipment at a sawmill. While operating the sorter, a small section of lumber rolled off the block belt and went under the block belt conveyor. The section of lumber wedged between a roller and belt on the conveyor which caused the belt to jam. The employee reached under the conveyor to remove the section of lumber while the equipment was energized. The employee's right arm was injured.
The accident investigation below was opened on Friday, July 1st 2016 by OSHA representitives in Mccomb, MS after learning of an incident at Three S Enterprises, Inc. which had occured on Wednesday, June 29th 2016. A had been injured when the caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
OSHA IDSevere Injury Report
Accident Date2016-06-29
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was feeding a notcher machine and amputated his left ring and little finger.
OSHA investigators arrived in GRENADA, MI on Tuesday, June 28th 2016 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Hankins Lumber. A had been injured when the other fall to lower level, unspecified
OSHA IDSevere Injury Report
Accident Date2016-06-28
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee was standing on a 5-gallon bucket to unjam a board on the chain deck when he fell off the bucket onto his right side, fracturing a rib, puncturing a lung, and suffering a laceration behind his right ear.
OSHA Inspection Activity
Accident Rate
5 Year Average
0
Last 12 Months
0
Reporting Statistics
Inspection Records: 148
75%
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 9