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OSHA Injury Report: Smartlam, LLC

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Smartlam, LLC in Columbia Falls, MT, MT 59912 resulted in days away from work. Employee was machine Operator in arches, glue laminated or pre-engineered wood, manufacturing.

Establishment
Smartlam, LLC
Parent company
Smartlam, LLC
Street
610 3rd Street West, PO BOX 2070
City
Columbia Falls, MT
State
MT
ZIP
59912
On-site location
Finger Joiner Sharper Infeed hold down chain.
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
218

Employee was removing glue on crowder using power grinder to remove the glue.

Two boards doubled up on the finger joiner at the shaper infeed. Employee attempted to pull the top board off of the first board while the machine was running in the process his hand was crushed between the boards and the hold down chain. This stopped the machine and co-worker ran around and lifted the pressure from the hold down to release employee 's hand.

Crushed left hand middle of hand knuckles fingers and palm.

Two boards and hold down chain.

Left hand middle finger of hand knuckles fingers and palm. Hand was crushed between two boards and the hold down chain on finger joint machine.

Job description
Machine Operator
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
321213 — Arches, glue laminated or pre-engineered wood, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2017
Avg employees
79
Total hours worked
149105
EIN
454400879
Establishment ID
822420
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
15:52:00.000
Time of incident
17:15:00.000
Submitted
02MAR24:16:18:00

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.