Newberry, SC ·
OSHA Injury Report: West Fraser Newberry
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at West Fraser Newberry in 3287 College Street, Newberry, SC 29108 resulted in days away from work. Employee was planer Mill Maintenance Millwright in custom sawmills.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- West Fraser Newberry
- Parent company
- West Fraser Newberry
- Street
- 3287 College Street
- City
- Newberry
- State
- SC
- ZIP
- 29108
- On-site location
- Planer Mill
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 42
Before the incident
Troubleshooting the shavings cross over auger.
What happened
During pre-shift start up the of the Planer Mill waste system the millwrights were troubleshooting the shavings cross over auger zero speed switch fault. Two team members were outside of the mill verifying rotation of the auger while the third was inside and noticed the incline waste conveyor wasn 't running. The Team [REDACTED] (Teram [REDACTED] 3) that was inside initiated the auto start sequence for the waste conveyors the conveyor still didn 't start. Team [REDACTED] 3 went to investigate the cause suspecting it was a bad drive belt. Team [REDACTED] 3 placed their hand on the belt to check tension and the conveyor started pulling the left index and middle finger around the sheave of the drive. LOTO violation
Injury or illness
Partial ray amputation of the left first finger and left middle finger.
Object or substance involved
A belt driven sheeve.
Summary line
Left first finger and left middle finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Planer Mill Maintenance Millwright
- SOC code
- 49-9044: Millwrights
- NAICS code
- 321113: Custom sawmills
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 171
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 401,523
- EIN
- 721489951
- Establishment ID
- 1182407
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:45
- Time of incident
- 06:20
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-20
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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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