# Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries at RILEY CREEK LUMBER COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2025055142` · 5/31/2025 · LACLEDE, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thumb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Nonfatal 'crushing' injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught or wedged between objects  nonrunning
- **Source:** Gates, hatches  vehicle and machine cargo
- **Secondary source:** Chippers
## Employer
- **Name:** RILEY CREEK LUMBER COMPANY
- **Location:** 30 Riley Creek Park Drive, LACLEDE, IDAHO, 83841
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was training with another filer on how to change the knives on the chipper. They removed the pin from the chipper hood and engaged the pneumatic valve for the air cylinder to lift the hood. The injured employee's right hand was caught in the latch mechanism and his thumb was crushed.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*