105,313Records 71,083Employers 85,290Hospitalizations 27,770Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-10-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

WENTWORTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE—

Kennebec Lumber Co.

Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation · Amputations involving bone loss

Final narrative

An employee was working on the production line to flip cants. Cants are large square blocks of wood that can vary in length and width and are produced at the beginning of the cutting process when a log goes through the mill before being cut to specific lumber dimensions. The employee was flipping the wood so that the live edge is facing up when it goes into the next phase of cutting. This is done by manually rotating the block of wood on the conveyor. The employee s left hand was pinched between the wood and the metal portion of the conveyor resulting in a finger amputation.

Amputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Log processing machinery

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