Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Overseas Hardwoods Company, Inc., 52333 Hwy 225, STOCKTON, ALABAMA 36579
on — Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was trying to remove a stuck board from a finger jointer's out-feed roller line. When the board dislodged, it kicked up and injured the employee's left pinky and ring fingers.
After an employee turned on a finger joint machine and a clamp cylinder, the employee's right hand was caught by the lumber clamp in the machine's operating area. He suffered broken bones in the palm of the hand.
An employee was changing out the blade of a gang rip saw. As the arbor/blade assembly was set on the saw's spindle it lacerated the employee's left forearm, right palm, and right little finger.
An employee was pushing a bundle of lumber on a roller bed when the employee's right ring finger was caught between the lumber and roller, amputating it at the first unit.
An employee was tossing a damaged toilet into a compactor. The toilet bounced off the compactor and lacerated the employee's right wrist, cutting an artery and tendon.
An employee was operating a hydraulic jack to bend a frame when the jack came loose and struck the employee. They were hospitalized for a spleen injury.
A truck had been towed into the shop with a flat tire and a blown airbag. An employee checked the tire for damage and was airing the tire. The employee was installing the valve core when the bead slipped off the rim. Air escaped, and the aluminum wheel struck the employee's head and face. The employee became unresponsive and was bleeding.
On December 14, 2023, at 8:40 p.m., three employees were inspecting milling machines for startup. A few of the sleeves on the mill drum needed to be changed out. The injured employee was trying to input a sleeve on the mill drum using a hammer. The hammer hit the edge of the drum, which caused a metal piece to splinter off and strike the employee's cheek just below the left eye. The metal splinter embedded in the back of their eye socket, resulting in pain, swelling, and bleeding that required hospitalization.
An employee was pushing a line of carts into a vestibule when the door cable snapped and struck his right ankle. The employee suffered a fracture that required surgery and hospitalization.
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