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Sun Mountain Lumber

Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation — Fractures — DEER LODGE, MONTANA

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Sun Mountain Lumber in DEER LODGE, MONTANA
Employer Sun Mountain Lumber Report ID 2020010163
Address 181 Greenhouse Road City, State ZIP DEER LODGE, MONTANA 59722
Event Date January 7, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Fractures Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation Source of Injury Sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 321912 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 46.38000, -112.74000

Incident Narrative

An employee was reaching for a broken piece of lumber that was hung up on a board edger's infeed chains. His right hand was caught between two cants (or a cant and part of the machinery); the hand was lacerated and the index, middle, ring, and little fingers were broken.

Incident Summary

On January 7, 2020, a worker at Sun Mountain Lumber in DEER LODGE, MONTANA suffered fractures to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation, with sawing machinery-stationary, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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