Clearfield, PA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Appalachian Wood Products Inc.
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Appalachian Wood Products Inc. in 171 Appalachian Drive, Clearfield, PA 16830 resulted in days away from work. Employee was transfer in panel work, wood millwork, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Appalachian Wood Products Inc.
- Parent company
- Appalachian Wood Products Inc.
- Street
- 171 Appalachian Drive
- City
- Clearfield
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 16830
- On-site location
- Department 030. Accu-System Miter-Mortise Saw #995
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 159
Before the incident
Employee climbed into the back of the still running Accu[REDACTED] [REDACTED] to utilize the dust collection suction tube to smoke her vape pen undetected in the facility.
What happened
Employee climbed into the back of the still running Accu-System [REDACTED] to utilize the dust collection suction tube to be able to smoke her vape pen undetected in the facility. The employee crouched down near the floor where the dust collection suction tube was located; and began to smoke. Directly above the employees head was a drill bit spindle that was still running since the employee failed to power down the machine. Right above each of the drill bit spindles is a smaller dust collection tube. As the employee was crouched down smoking her vape pen; the smaller dust collection tube above her head started to pick up strands of her hair. This caused a significant amount of the employees hair to become wrapped around the still functioning drill bit spindle. This resulted in a 5 in diameter section of the employees hair and scalp to be removed from her head and entangled in the spindle.
Injury or illness
Employee was scalped. About a 5 in diameter section of hair and skin was removed from the top of the employees head.
Object or substance involved
Accu-System Miter-Mortise Saw #995
Summary line
5 in diameter scalping on the top of the employees head from a still running drill bit spindle at the Accu-System [REDACTED] saw #995
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Transfer
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 321918: Panel work, wood millwork, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 181
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 330,629
- EIN
- 251537092
- Establishment ID
- 182251
- Employer case #
- 23-Jan
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 14:15
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-10
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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