Elkhart, IN —
OSHA Injury Report: Great Lakes Forest Products
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Great Lakes Forest Products in Elkhart, IN 46516 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was machine Operator in boards, wood, resawing purchased lumber.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Great Lakes Forest Products
- Parent company
- Great Lakes Forest Products
- Street
- 21861 Protecta Drive
- City
- Elkhart
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46516
- On-site location
- Plant 3
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 3
Before the incident
reached into the saw to remove a jammed piece of wood
What happened
when bypassing the machine guarding finger was smashed
Injury or illness
right middle ring finger and nail bed contusion
Object or substance involved
blade on machine
Summary line
reached into a saw and smashed right middle ring finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Machine Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 321912 — Boards, wood, resawing purchased lumber
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 283
- Total hours worked
- 479114
- EIN
- 352076958
- Establishment ID
- 930163
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 8:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 03FEB2025:16:30:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.