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OSHA Injury Report: Blue River Wood Products (Southern IN Mill)

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Blue River Wood Products (Southern IN Mill) in Salem, IN 47167 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was production Associate in barrel heading and staves manufacturing.

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
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Operating his machine

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.

Laceration to his cheek from the safety glasses

Safety Glasses trip&fall

Left cheek laceration (safety glasses)

Job description
Production Associate
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
321920 — Barrel heading and staves manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
40
Total hours worked
88579
EIN
431626827
Establishment ID
265959
Employer case #
SIM01
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
13:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
26FEB26:16:47:00

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.