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OSHA Injury Report: Westervelt Lumber-Thomasville

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Westervelt Lumber-Thomasville in Thomasville, AL 36784 resulted in days away from work. Employee was planermill Sorter Operator in dimension lumber, softwood, made from logs or bolts.

Establishment
Westervelt Lumber-Thomasville
Parent company
The Westervelt Company
Street
700
City
Thomasville
State
AL
ZIP
36784
On-site location
Dry Sorter Rollcase
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
117

Employee stepped up on the rollcase frame to get a better look of the lumber packs that had mixed together.

The rollcase is controlled by air pressure. As the lumber packs transitioned away from the rollcase the air pressure released causing the frame to come down on top of the employee 's foot.

Right big toe fracture soft tissue injury to right big toe and toe next to the big toe.

Frame of rollcase and steel toe inside of boot

Broke right toe and tissue injury to big toe and 2nd toe.

Job description
Planermill Sorter Operator
SOC code
51-9061 — Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
NAICS code
321113 — Dimension lumber, softwood, made from logs or bolts
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
183
Total hours worked
421425
EIN
631158654
Establishment ID
1086326
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
18:15:00.000
Time of incident
3:50:00.000
Submitted
26JAN24:00:01:00

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.