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OSHA Injury Report: Chinese Camp Sawmill

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Chinese Camp Sawmill in Chinese Camp, CA 95309 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was chipper Hog Operator in lumber, hardwood dimension, made from logs or bolts.

Establishment
Chinese Camp Sawmill
Parent company
Sierra pacific Industries
Street
14333 Perricone Rd
City
Chinese Camp
State
CA
ZIP
95309
On-site location
Sawmill:Specialty
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
101

Unjamming the Chipper knives

[REDACTED] noticed a jam up of boards chips and debris from the outfeed of the chipper. [REDACTED] locked out and raised the hood that covers the knives and started to blow out the knives with the compressed air wand. He grabbed a spud wrench around 12 long and began to bank the wood loose when the wrench became wedged in the knives his hand slipped and his finger hit the blade

Fracture Rt Finger

Chipper knives and a wrench

Fracture: Ring finger Right struck by object

Job description
Chipper Hog Operator
SOC code
51-7041 — Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
NAICS code
321113 — Lumber, hardwood dimension, made from logs or bolts
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
130
Total hours worked
260000
Establishment ID
1118641
Employer case #
23-0021
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
14:30:00.000
Submitted
10FEB24:00:51:00

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