Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Name: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries at Biewer-Wisconsin Sawmill, INC.
Start: 6/18/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025065794 · 6/18/2025 · Biewer-Wisconsin Sawmill, INC.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Multiple trunk locations
Nature of injury: Multiple severe wounds and internal injuries

Cause

Event: Other fall to lower level 6 to 30 feet
Source: Source, secondary source unspecified
Secondary source: Fall protection equipment

Employer

Name: Biewer-Wisconsin Sawmill, INC.
Location: 400 Red Pine Court, PRENTICE, WISCONSIN, 54556
NAICS: 321113
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

A maintenance employee was dismantling a kiln. As he was pulling top panels apart, a panel gave out and he fell approximately 6-8 feet, resulting in a fractured lower vertebra and a bruised lung. Fall protection was not tied off at the time.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown