OSHA Injury Report: Mill Operations Cottonton SM

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

An operations employee received a laceration injury to their left forearm The employee was in the process of clearing the cleanup chain at the northside cutoff saw We believe at the time of the incident the employee was utilizing a pike pole to remove wood debris from the chain conveyor lost balance or grip and fell into a guarded 48inch diameter cutoff saw As the employee was falling backwards his arm inadvertently was exposed to the open side of the blade resulting in a laceration injury Our investigation is ongoing

What happened

An operations employee received a laceration injury to their left forearm The employee was in the process of clearing the cleanup chain at the northside cutoff saw We believe at the time of the incident the employee was utilizing a pike pole to remove wood debris from the chain conveyor lost balance or grip and fell into a guarded 48inch diameter cutoff saw As the employee was falling backwards his arm inadvertently was exposed to the open side of the blade resulting in a laceration injury Our investigation is ongoing

Injury or illness

Cut Laceration Arm Left Forearm

Object or substance involved

Cutoff saw

Summary line

Cut Laceration Arm Left Forearm Cutoff saw Contact with sharp object

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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.