Columbia Falls, MT, MT ·
OSHA Injury Report: Smartlam, LLC
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Smartlam, LLC in 610 3rd Street West, PO BOX 2070, Columbia Falls, MT, MT 59912 resulted in days away from work. Employee was machine Operator in arches, glue laminated or pre-engineered wood, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- 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.
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 218
Before the incident
Employee was removing glue on crowder using power grinder to remove the glue.
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
Crushed left hand middle of hand knuckles fingers and palm.
Object or substance involved
Two boards and hold down chain.
Summary line
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.
Employee and industry
- 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
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 79
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 149,105
- EIN
- 454400879
- Establishment ID
- 822420
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:52
- Time of incident
- 17:15
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-03-02
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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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