Murphy Company: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on May 16, 2018: Employee catches finger with saw blade and partially amputat

At 12:23 p.m. on May 16, 2018, an employee was removing debris from around a rotating saw blade and had his hand pulled into the saw blade, partially amputating his middle finger. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident on Mar 29, 2007: Employee amputates hand in machine

On March 29, 2007, an employee, a machine operator was checking the speed settin g of the paper laminator rolls on the paper line using the feet per minute gauge when his right hand was pulled into the ingoing nip point where the two rolls w ere positioned 0.125-in. apart. He sustained serious injury to his right hand wh ich was degloved. He was transported to the hospital, where the ends of four fin gers were amputated and he underwent surgery to begin grafting skin onto his han d. He was hospitalized.

Incident on Jan 5, 2006: Employee amputates leg in wood production operation

On January 5, 2006, Employee #1 walked to a core chain that transferred peeler l og cores to a storage chain and whole log chipper. He was attempting to clear a cross up of log cores that had been peeled by a Veneer lathe. His right leg slip ped down through a moving box chain into an opening in the metal pan below the c hain. The chain dragged his leg over a metal edge, causing amputation to the leg below the knee. He was dragged back to the core stop, where he got off the chai n and hopped to the core operator station. From here he moved to the lathe opera tor station. His supervisors and coworkers were contacted and they called 911 an d activated the EMS system. The paramedics, upon arrival, stabilized the employe e and asked the coworkers to retrieve the missing appendage. Employee #1 was tra nsported to an emergency medical center.

Incident on Oct 14, 2001: Employee loses fingers when crushed by a hot press machine

On October 14, 2001, Employee #1, a hot press operator on Press Number 3, loaded the hot press with wood and pressed the close button. He saw a piece of wood st icking out of the press. He raised himself on the platform to a height that he c ould reach the wood, and then, he pushed the wood in with his hand. Employee #1 lost his fingers on his left hand when they were crushed and burned between the press tray and the plywood. Employee #1 was transported to a local hospital for treatment.

Incident on Mar 10, 1998: Employee's arm fractured in chain and sprocket drive

At approximately 7:00 a.m. on March 10, 1998, Employee #1 and two coworkers were unplugging the infeed of a veneer dryer. They removed the infeed guards and Emp loyee #1 then reached between the moving chain and sprocket drive to straighten a piece of veneer. The sleeve of his shirt became caught and his arm was pulled into the sprocket, sustaining puncture wounds and a fractured elbow. The dryer w as shut down and the drive chain had to be broken to extricate Employee #1. He w as taken to the hospital in Roseburg, OR, and then transferred to Sacred Heart H ospital in Eugene.

Incident on Dec 17, 1997 (fatal): Employee killed when run over by backing dump truck

Employee #1 was standing behind a fully loaded 10-yard dump truck when it starte d to back up. He was run over by the left side of the vehicle, and was killed. T he dump truck did not have a reverse signal alarm.