Hood Container Corporation

An employee was operating a winder paper mill machine when their right index finger became caught in the machine. The finger was partially amputated at the first knuckle.

An employee was setting up a machine when their left glove was pulled into a nip point. The employee's finger was pulled in and they sustained a partial amputation.

An employee was replacing a cutting die on a die cutter machine. While the employee was removing the cutting die board from the machine, the machine was reenergized and his left hand was pulled into the rotating cutting die board resulting in amputation of his left thumb, index, middle, and ring fingers.

On December 19, 2023, an employee was setting up a copper wire drawing machine when his left ring finger was pinched between a copper wire and a machine part. The employee's finger was partially amputated.

An employee was examining a machine when a part moved up and amputated a fingertip on their left hand.

An employee was checking the gusset seal on a machine. He moved to the next cross sealer and the machine activated, causing an amputation to a left-hand finger. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was evaluating a coiling machine to verify that the blade was present inside it. The machine's weld function was activated, and the machine crushed the employee's fingers, resulting in the amputation of the left middle and ring fingers.

An employee's right hand was caught in a wire drawing machine, resulting in amputation.

An employee was walking behind the rewind coding machine while on his phone. He rested his left wrist on top of the slitter bar and his finger came in contact with the roller, resulting in amputation.

The injured employee was assisting the bander operator with dressing units with dunnage. A unit became stuck on the conveyor. The injured employee was pushing the unit on the conveyor when a conveyor roller pulled his shoe in-between the rollers. The employee sustained crushing injuries to their left foot/toes.

An employee was inspecting and adjusting a tray in a thermoforming machine when the the trigger switch was touched, causing the machine door to close on their right hand. The employee sustained crushing injuries to the hand.

An employee was adjusting the tracking of a conveyor belt when their left hand/arm were pulled into the conveyor. The employee sustained fractures.

An employee was working to retrieve debris from a powered conveyor when the rollers contacted his right thumb, resulting in a laceration.

An employee fell while moving a water canister, resulting in fractures to four fingers on her right hand.

An employee was changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.

An employee was mixing sauce using a sauce barrel mixer when his left little finger was amputated.

An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.

A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.