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OSHA Injury Report: Hoover Treated Wood Products - Thomson

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Hoover Treated Wood Products - Thomson in 154 Wire Rd, Thomson, GA 30824 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was stacker Operator in wood preserving.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Hoover Treated Wood Products - Thomson
Parent company
Hoover Treated Wood Products
Street
154 Wire Rd
City
Thomson
State
GA
ZIP
30824
On-site location
Stacker Area

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
42

Before the incident

[REDACTED] was on stacker #2 laying sticks while the operator was processing plywood on sticks.

What happened

[REDACTED] stated that a board skewed and he had to straighten it using his hand. He stated that the control panel operator pushed the button that indexes the even-end plate in while his hand was still on the board. His hand was caught between the plywood and the end plate used to make bundles uniform.

Injury or illness

[REDACTED] suffered a lacerated right ring finger and a bone fracture in the same finger.

Object or substance involved

The even ender pushed the plywood into his hand with force.

Summary line

IW WAS STRAIGHTENING PLYWOOD WHEN HIS RIGHT HAND GOT SMASHED IN BETWEEN THE MACHINE CAUSING INJURY

Employee and industry

Job description
Stacker Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
321114 — wood preserving
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
112
Total hours worked
248645
EIN
581531214
Establishment ID
439995
Employer case #
Tho-02

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Time of incident
0:55:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
22FEB24:18:06:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.