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OSHA Injury Report: Bruce Lumber Mill

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Bruce Lumber Mill in Bruce, MS 38915 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was apprentice Mech in wood Products - Lumber.

Establishment
Bruce Lumber Mill
Parent company
Weyerhaeuser
Street
289 South Pontotoc Road
City
Bruce
State
MS
ZIP
38915
On-site location
Noslot chipper
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
14

Inspecting knife clearances in chipper

[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

Nature of InjuryIllness Cut scratch puncture open wound Body Parts FingersLeftFinger ring thirdLeftFinger little fourthLeft

Chipper knives

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

Job description
Apprentice Mech
SOC code
51-7099 — Woodworkers, All Other
NAICS code
321113 — Wood Products - Lumber
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
181
Total hours worked
396627
EIN
910470860
Establishment ID
640859
Employer case #
US-BRUCE L
Date of incident
Shift started
8:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:15:00.000
Submitted
16FEB24:22:04:00

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.