All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing

NarrativeAt 1:15 p.m. on November 29, 2017, Employee #1 was cleaning off the wood-wool machine, while the machine was in operation. The employee attempted to adjust the wood in the machine and his fingers were pinched by the roller pressing the wood into the blade of the machine. He sustained a partial amputation of the right index finger and tissue damage to the right ring finger.

NarrativeAt 8:30 a.m. on November 3, 2017, an employee was feeding lumber into a reclaim saw and was holding a striped of wood against the guide while operating the controls with his second hand. The employee pressed the saw cut button and then swept his right hand to clear the wood from the saw. The employee lacerated the palm of his right hand and severed the tendon for his little finger. The employee was hospitalized.

NarrativeAt 7:45 a.m. on October 20, 2017, an employee was working for a firm that manufactured wood pellets. He was operating a skid steer front end loader to reclaim wood pellets for Silo Number 3. The wood pellets formed a structure 9.1 to 12.2 meters (30 to 40 feet high). A vertical cliff of pellets that were stuck together collapsed onto the skid steer. They damaged the cab roof and the roll over prevention system (ROPS). Then engulfed the entire skid steer and its operator, the employee. The pellets caused the cab to collapse onto the operator as well as engulfing the entire cab. When the narrative was written it had not been determined whether blunt trauma or asphyxiation was the primary cause of death. An autopsy was pending.