Wiggins, MS —
OSHA Injury Report: Wiggins
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Wiggins in Wiggins, MS 35977 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator in plywood, softwood, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Wiggins
- Parent company
- Hood Industries Inc.
- Street
- 1945 South First Street
- City
- Wiggins
- State
- MS
- ZIP
- 35977
- On-site location
- 96" Chipper
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 96
- Days restricted or transferred
- 84
Before the incident
Feeding the 96 Chipper
What happened
While feeding 96 chipper he encountered upset conditions. He opened the gate to access the infeed of the chipper. With the chain running he picked up a core and fed it into the chipper. He then bent down and picked up another core. As he was coming up with one end of it in his left hand the other end of the chipper caught on the moving chain and smashed his left hand between the throat of the chipper and the core
Injury or illness
Left Hand Smash 2nd & 3rd finger amputation
Object or substance involved
Core and framework of 96 Chipper
Summary line
Core and framework of 96 Chipper
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 321212 — Plywood, softwood, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 352
- Total hours worked
- 760434
- EIN
- 640673525
- Establishment ID
- 100795
- Employer case #
- WIG202502
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 16:38
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27FEB26:21:22:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.