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OSHA Injury Report: Chinese Camp Sawmill

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Chinese Camp Sawmill in Chinese Camp, CA 95309 resulted in days away from work. Employee was chain Puller in lumber, hardwood dimension, made from logs or bolts.

Establishment
Chinese Camp Sawmill
Parent company
Sierra pacific Industries
Street
14333 Perricone Rd
City
Chinese Camp
State
CA
ZIP
95309
On-site location
Sawmill
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
180

Unclogging a conveyor

Crew member noticed a large piece of timber coming down the conveyor sideways that jammed at the cross over conveyor. Crew member climbed up 89.5 in the air on a moveable ladder. He straddled his legs over a drive motor with his left foot in front of the motor and his right in the back. Using a pickeroon Crew member tried to remove the log and lost his footing causing his foot to go into the drive sprocket.

Amputation Lt foot toes

drive spocket at the cross over conveyor

Amputation: Toes left foot: Caught in under between object

Job description
Chain Puller
SOC code
53-7063 — Machine Feeders and Offbearers
NAICS code
321113 — Lumber, hardwood dimension, made from logs or bolts
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
130
Total hours worked
260000
Establishment ID
1118641
Employer case #
23-0071
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:00:00.000
Submitted
19FEB24:23:37:00

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.