West Fraser, Inc.
Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing — Amputations involving bone loss — MC DAVID, FLORIDA
| Employer | West Fraser, Inc. | Report ID | 2025065787 |
| Address | 401 Champion Dr. | City, State ZIP | MC DAVID, FLORIDA 32568 |
| Event Date | June 17, 2025 | Outcome | Hospitalized, Amputation |
| Nature of Injury | Amputations involving bone loss | Body Part | Other finger(s) n.e.c. |
| Event Type | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Source of Injury | Planing mills |
| Secondary Source | "Lock out/ tag out" communication systems | ||
| Industry (NAICS) | 321113 | Inspection # | 1833797 |
| GPS Coordinates | 30.79000, -87.32000 | ||
Incident Narrative
An employee was troubleshooting a planer machine. From a control station in the planer room, he raised the feed roller that was in the down position, to clear a board that was jammed in the machine. The employee went back to the control room and locked out the planer machine. He then reentered the planer room and removed the board that was jammed in the machine. After removing the board, a release of stored energy caused the side heads in the machine to rotate, catching the employee s hand in the process. The employee suffered an amputation of his right index finger and a partial amputation of the middle finger.
Incident Summary
On June 17, 2025, a worker at West Fraser, Inc. in MC DAVID, FLORIDA suffered amputations involving bone loss to the other finger(s) n.e.c.. The incident was classified as struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing, with planing mills identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.
Context
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