THEODORE, ALABAMA—
Hood Industries Inc
Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Hood Industries Inc, 6030 Rangeline Road, THEODORE, ALABAMA 36582 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
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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WIGGINS, MISSISSIPPI—
HOOD INDUSTRIES, INC.
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.
WIGGINS, MISSISSIPPI—
HOOD INDUSTRIES, INC.
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—
HOOD INDUSTRIES, INC.
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.
BEAUMONT, MISSISSIPPI—
HOOD INDUSTRIES, INC.
An employee was stacking wood near a dryer when he became dizzy and started to feel ill. He was overheated and needed to be hospitalized overnight.
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