Salem, IN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Blue River Wood Products (Southern IN Mill)
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Blue River Wood Products (Southern IN Mill) in 5170 W State Road 56, Salem, IN 47167 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was production Associate in barrel heading and staves manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Blue River Wood Products (Southern IN Mill)
- Parent company
- Independent Stave Company
- Street
- 5170 W State Road 56
- City
- Salem
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 47167
- On-site location
- Bolt Line
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Operating his machine
What happened
The operator was running the bolt line and seen a heading block had turned jamming the line. As he went to unjam it he tripped over the foot pedal heading block causing him to hit his cheek on the line as he fell.
Injury or illness
Laceration to his cheek from the safety glasses
Object or substance involved
Safety Glasses trip&fall
Summary line
Left cheek laceration (safety glasses)
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Production Associate
- SOC code
- 51-9199: Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 321920: Barrel heading and staves manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 40
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 88,579
- EIN
- 431626827
- Establishment ID
- 265959
- Employer case #
- SIM01
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:30
- Time of incident
- 13:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-26
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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