Granite Falls, NC ·
OSHA Injury Report: Associated Hardwoods, Inc.
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Associated Hardwoods, Inc. in 650 North Main Street, Granite Falls, NC 28630 resulted in days away from work. Employee was lumber Puller in lumber (e.g., dressed, finished, rough) merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Associated Hardwoods, Inc.
- Parent company
- Associated Hardwoods, Inc.
- Street
- 650 North Main Street
- City
- Granite Falls
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28630
- On-site location
- PC-2
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 13
- Days restricted or transferred
- 45
Before the incident
The planer became clogged with sawdust and needed to be cleared. The EE used an air hose to blow out the planer.
What happened
EE shut off the planer and began clearing sawdust before the head stopped spinning. The spinning head caught the blower nozzle causing the EE 's hand to jerk into the planer.
Injury or illness
EE sustained an open fracture at the tip of the left thumb above the knuckle. The thumb is intact but badly broken.
Object or substance involved
Planer frame
Summary line
EE was blowing sawdust out of the planer with an air hose. EE turned the machine off but did not wait for planer head to stop spinning. The planer head caught the nozzle of the air hose causing it to jerk throwing EE 's left hand into the planer break
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Lumber Puller
- SOC code
- 53-7062: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 423310: Lumber (e.g., dressed, finished, rough) merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 113
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 235,442
- EIN
- 561214685
- Establishment ID
- 147320
- Employer case #
- 8
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 07:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-16
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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