BEAUMONT, MISSISSIPPI—
HOOD INDUSTRIES INC.
Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at HOOD INDUSTRIES INC., 224 DELTA PINE ROAD, BEAUMONT, MISSISSIPPI 39423 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee and coworkers were removing a roller from a veneer dryer by hand. The roller slipped out of a coworker's hands, and the employee's finger was trapped between the roller and the dryer. His left index finger was partially amputated.
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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.
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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.
BEAUMONT, MISSISSIPPI—
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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.
BEAUMONT, MISSISSIPPI—
HOOD INDUSTRIES INC.
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.
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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.
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