# Amputations at HOOD INDUSTRIES INC.
> OSHA SIR `2015118864` · 11/23/2015 · BEAUMONT, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by other person
- **Source:** Rollers
- **Secondary source:** Metal, woodworking, and special material machinery, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** HOOD INDUSTRIES INC.
- **Location:** 224 DELTA PINE ROAD, BEAUMONT, MISSISSIPPI, 39423
- **NAICS:** 321212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and coworkers were removing a roller from a veneer dryer by hand. The roller slipped out of a coworker's hands, and the employee's finger was  trapped between the roller and the dryer. His left index finger was partially amputated.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*