CHETEK, WISCONSIN—2022-02-14

Automated Building Components, Inc.

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Avulsions, enucleations

Final narrative

On February 14, 2022, a truss assembly employee was laying out wood truss members when he noticed two trusses beginning to double-feed on the outfeed roller table for stacker no. 3. The employee went to the outside roller table, stepped between live/running rollers, and lifted the tail of truss #1 to hold it back and prevent it from feeding onto truss #2. At approximately 10:15 p.m., while holding back truss #1, an oncoming truss (truss #3) struck the employee in the back of the left thigh, resulting in an avulsion injury that required hospitalization.

Hospitalized Thigh(s) Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.

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