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OSHA Injury Report: Akron, IN

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Akron, IN in Akron, IN 46910 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was log Manufacturing Specialist in boards, wood, made from logs or bolts.

Establishment
Akron, IN
Parent company
Pike Lumber Company Inc.
Street
12179 E State Road 114
City
Akron
State
IN
ZIP
46910
On-site location
Log Yard
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
11

The employee was bucking logs with a chainsaw just before the incident occurred.

While the employee was cutting into a large red oak log he reached over the top of the log with the saw and hit the log next to it. The nose of the bar slipped the bark on the next log and kicked back instantly. The saw flipped back and the bar came back and cut his left hand middle finger.

Laceration of middle finger without foreign body without damage to nail (initial encounter)

Saw bar

While the employee was cutting into a large red oak log he reached over the top of the log with the saw and hit the log next to it. The nose of the bar slipped the bark on the next log and kicked back instantly. The saw flipped back and cut the employee

Job description
Log Manufacturing Specialist
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
321113 — Boards, wood, made from logs or bolts
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
130
Total hours worked
265858
EIN
350803277
Establishment ID
944068
Employer case #
169369
Date of incident
Shift started
6:15
Time of incident
13:15
Filing year
2025
Submitted
10FEB26:15:56:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.