Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation · Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at HOOD INDUSTRIES, INC., 1945 SOUTH 1ST ST., WIGGINS, MISSISSIPPI 39577
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the foot (feet), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee attempted to clear two pieces of lumber that became jammed on a conveyor using a tool called a pick. The conveyor was not shut down at the time. He slipped, and his right foot became wedged between the conveyor's chain. He suffered lacerations and trauma to his right foot, requiring surgery.
An employee was loading logs onto a feeder chain into the chipper when his left hand was crushed between the throat of the chipper and the core. Two fingers were injured and surgically amputated.
An employee was washing a roof when he stepped to the edge of the roofline and fell to a chemical room below, and then to the ground. The employee suffered multiple fractures that required hospitalization.
An employee was making repairs on a dryer when a come-a-long chain holding a 250-pound diagonal brace broke. The brace fell and struck the employee's foot, fracturing it.
An employee was clearing a piece of wood from the infeed of a dryer. A sprocket caught his jacket, and the chain and sprocket abraded and burned the bottom and underside of his right upper arm.
An employee was setting up a molder machine. The employee ran a small piece of the wood through the machine and the wood splintered. While the employee was clearing the splintered wood, the bottom planer head crushed his left ring finger. The finger was later amputated.
An employee was sharpening peeler blades when their shirt was caught in the grinding wheel. The employee sustained tendon damage and a crushed right hand.
An employee was preparing to cut lumber on a panel saw when the clamp engaged and caught the employee's left middle finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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