# Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified at Gloster Forest Products
> OSHA SIR `2024087163` · 8/6/2024 · GLOSTER, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Traumatic injuries or exposures  unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
- **Source:** Planing mills
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Gloster Forest Products
- **Location:** 600 East Carney Rd, GLOSTER, MISSISSIPPI, 39638
- **NAICS:** 321113
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at the outfeed of a planer when a board became caught and kicked back toward the employee, striking them in the chest. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

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