Opelika, AL —
OSHA Injury Report: West Fraser Opelika
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at West Fraser Opelika in Opelika, AL 368012647 resulted in days away from work. Employee was wFQ Millwright in boards, wood, made from logs or bolts.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- West Fraser Opelika
- Parent company
- West Fraser
- Street
- 2100 Industrial Boulevard
- City
- Opelika
- State
- AL
- ZIP
- 368012647
- On-site location
- Planer mill sorter
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 6
- Days restricted or transferred
- 129
Before the incident
Pulling crossed up lumber boards out of sorter bay #2.
What happened
While the employee was holding one lumber board with one hand and another lumber board with his other hand one board broke free from the cross up condition and smashed his right thumb between the board and the machine 's metal frame.
Injury or illness
Smashed right thumb
Object or substance involved
Lumber board and metal frame of sorter bay #2
Summary line
Fracture of his right thumb
Employee and industry
- Job description
- WFQ Millwright
- SOC code
- 49-9044 — Millwrights
- NAICS code
- 321113 — Boards, wood, made from logs or bolts
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 131
- Total hours worked
- 298383
- EIN
- 721489951
- Establishment ID
- 1519679
- Employer case #
- 5
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:00
- Time of incident
- 14:06
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27FEB26:19:21:00
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.