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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 millwright 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
Stemdeck Wavefeeder
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
13

Employee was turning a drive belt by hand to align wave feeder to install safety pin.

Employee was attempting to align the wave feeder so safety pins could be installed by pullin gto drive belt by hand. The employee could not move the belt anymore due to tension on the belt. A decision was made to pull the belt with a come-a-long. When the employee attempted to release the belt the stored energy of the belts tension pulled the employee 's hand into the sheeve of the motor causing a pinch point injury

Fractured tips on 4 of 5 fingers on left hand

Motor sheeve

Fracture tip on 4 of 5 fingers on left hand

Job description
Millwright
SOC code
49-9044 — Millwrights
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 #
3
Date of incident
Shift started
17:30:00.000
Time of incident
23:40:00.000
Submitted
26JAN24:13:43:00

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.