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OSHA Injury Report: West Fraser LLC - Leola

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at West Fraser LLC - Leola in Leola, AR 72084 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was chipper Operator in dimension lumber, made from logs or bolts.

Establishment
West Fraser LLC - Leola
Parent company
West Fraser LLC
Street
1400 Main St
City
Leola
State
AR
ZIP
72084
On-site location
Chipper
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Chipper Operator had a choke-up (Upset Condition) in strip chipper. Employee called for assistance to help clear choke-up. Once the choke up was cleared another employee was operating strip chipper in manual to make sure it was working properly.

The Chipper Operator stood on the mid-rail of the railing and was leaning over the edge of the vibrator to see if there were any problems. A long strip began feeding into the vibrator and the trail end of the board raised up and striking the chipper operator in the forehead.

Operator received a laceration above the left eye.

a long strip board feeding into the vibrator

Laceration Forehead (Stiches

Job description
Chipper Operator
SOC code
51-7041 — Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
NAICS code
321113 — Dimension lumber, made from logs or bolts
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
149
Total hours worked
407647
EIN
721489951
Establishment ID
1067323
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
17:30:00.000
Time of incident
21:25:00.000
Submitted
04JAN24:21:14:00

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.