Columbia, MD —
OSHA Injury Report: American Wood Fibers
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at American Wood Fibers in Columbia, MD 21046 resulted in days away from work. Employee was mAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN in misc Wood Shavings Mulching.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- American Wood Fibers
- Parent company
- American Wood Fibers Inc
- Street
- 9740 Patuxent Woods Dr. #500
- City
- Columbia
- State
- MD
- ZIP
- 21046
- On-site location
- 75Jamestown
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 60
Before the incident
Helping to off load new tool box and position into new location.
What happened
The employee reported that while removing the toolbox from the company truck employee slide across maintenance shop. The employee pulled from the straps; and the strap failed and broke. As a result the employee was forced to abruptly react losing balance and falling backward onto their tailbone sustaining a direct impact and contusion.
Injury or illness
Contusion
Object or substance involved
Pulling from unsecured straps.
Summary line
Contusion to Back caused by Pulling from unsecured straps.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN
- SOC code
- 49-9071 — Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
- NAICS code
- 321999 — Misc Wood Shavings Mulching
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 326
- Total hours worked
- 735522
- Establishment ID
- 1452373
- Employer case #
- IN-202511
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:00
- Time of incident
- 17:40
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 13FEB26:11:27:00
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.