Bruce, MS ·
OSHA Injury Report: Bruce Lumber Mill
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Bruce Lumber Mill in 289 South Pontotoc Road, Bruce, MS 38915 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was apprentice Mech in wood Products - Lumber.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Bruce Lumber Mill
- Parent company
- Weyerhaeuser
- Street
- 289 South Pontotoc Road
- City
- Bruce
- State
- MS
- ZIP
- 38915
- On-site location
- Noslot chipper
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 14
Before the incident
Inspecting knife clearances in chipper
What happened
[REDACTED] was performing a PM of visually checking knife clearances around the anvil of the noslot chipper The [REDACTED] was rotating the chipper wheel clockwise while his hands were placed at the outer edge of the wheel between knife pockets He was rotating the wheel with the left hand when it became wedged between the frame of the chipper hood and one of the knives He quickly pulled his hand away and realized he sustained an injury He left the area to seek first aid and report the
Injury or illness
Nature of InjuryIllness Cut scratch puncture open wound Body Parts FingersLeftFinger ring thirdLeftFinger little fourthLeft
Object or substance involved
Chipper knives
Summary line
Nature of InjuryIllness Cut scratch puncture open wound Cause of InjuryIllnessCaught In Under or Between Body Parts FingersLeftFinger ring thirdLeftFinger little fourthLeft Object Substance Chipper knives
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Apprentice Mech
- SOC code
- 51-7099: Woodworkers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 321113: Wood Products - Lumber
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 181
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 396,627
- EIN
- 910470860
- Establishment ID
- 640859
- Employer case #
- US-BRUCE L
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 08:00
- Time of incident
- 09:15
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-16
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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