OSHA Injury Report: North America Bend Components

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

EE was working on Laminator 1 EE encountered several patio stiles inadvertently stuck together after glueing These stiles needed to be separated The EE picked up and dropped the boards on the outfeed table to try to separate the pieces stuck together This is a common practice to separate the stiles The stiles came down on the EE left thumb which was pinched between the wood and the edge of table 3 26 RTW with restrictions updated Remains no use of Left hand 4 6 RTW restictions still in place Less than 15lbs upper extrimities lift Use of tip protector Follow up appointment in 4 weeks 7 2 RTW restrictions still in place Less than 15lbs upper extrimities lift Use of tip protector as needed Next follow up in 6 weeks 4 21 EE updated RTW with restrictions remaining the same however the addition of PT scheduled 9 24 EE follow up RTW to full duty without restrictions

What happened

EE was working on Laminator 1 EE encountered several patio stiles inadvertently stuck together after glueing These stiles needed to be separated The EE picked up and dropped the boards on the outfeed table to try to separate the pieces stuck together This is a common practice to separate the stiles The stiles came down on the EE left thumb which was pinched between the wood and the edge of table 3 26 RTW with restrictions updated Remains no use of Left hand 4 6 RTW restictions still in place Less than 15lbs upper extrimities lift Use of tip protector Follow up appointment in 4 weeks 7 2 RTW restrictions still in place Less than 15lbs upper extrimities lift Use of tip protector as needed Next follow up in 6 weeks 4 21 EE updated RTW with restrictions remaining the same however the addition of PT scheduled 9 24 EE follow up RTW to full duty without restrictions

Injury or illness

Laceration Cut Open Wound Skin Left Hand

Object or substance involved

EE lifted two pieces of wood that were stuck together EE then dropped wood in an effort to break the two pieces apart Left thumb was caught between table stop and the falling wood

Summary line

Laceration Cut Open Wound Skin Left Hand EE lifted two pieces of wood that were stuck together EE then dropped wood in an effort to break the two pieces apart Left thumb was caught between table stop and the falling wood Struck by

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

Source

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.