# Amputations at Hood Industries Inc
> OSHA SIR `20191112312` · 11/27/2019 · THEODORE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Planing mills
## Employer
- **Name:** Hood Industries Inc
- **Location:** 6030 Rangeline Road, THEODORE, ALABAMA, 36582
- **NAICS:** 423310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## 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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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*