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OSHA Injury Report: American Wood Fibers

Injury · Days away from work

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.

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
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
60

Helping to off load new tool box and position into new location.

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.

Contusion

Pulling from unsecured straps.

Contusion to Back caused by Pulling from unsecured straps.

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
Date of incident
Shift started
14:00
Time of incident
17:40
Filing year
2025
Submitted
13FEB26:11:27:00

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.