MCCOMB, MISSISSIPPI—
Three S Enterprises, Inc.
Caught in or compressed by equipment or objects, unspecified · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Three S Enterprises, Inc., 614 W. Presley Blvd., MCCOMB, MISSISSIPPI 39648 on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was unjamming wood from a dust chain when he suffered cuts to the three middle fingers on his right hand. He was hospitalized.
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MCCOMB, MISSISSIPPI—
Three S Enterprises, Inc.
An employee was cleaning saw dust from a wood edger when his left middle finger was caught and amputated in the edger.
MCCOMB, MISSISSIPPI—
Three S Enterprises, Inc.
An employee was feeding a notcher machine and amputated his left ring and little finger.
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