Struck by or caught in swinging door or gate · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Taco Cabana, 13455 East Freeway , HOUSTON, TEXAS 77015
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee smashed the left pinky finger when closing a dumpster door. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
HospitalizedFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
An employee stepped onto a shelf to reach a box when the shelf collapsed. The employee fell backward and the boxes fell on him, striking his forehead. He suffered a concussion.
An employee was doing a repair in an office building. He was closing a bank vault door when his right index finger became caught between the door and the door frame resulting in amputation of the fingertip.
An employee's left index finger was pinched between a cattle gate and a concrete wall, resulting in amputation of soft tissue and loss of the fingernail.
On December 11, 2023, an employee was transporting equipment for demolition tasks and waiting for the superintendent to open the door. The door closed and amputated the tip of the employee's left thumb.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 722513)
An employee was filtering a fryer with a fryer filter machine. After going around the corner and then returning to the fryers, the employee stepped into the filter machine. The hot oil burned the employee's right ankle, and the employee was hospitalized.
An employee was kneeling on the ground while painting in a hotel area. He felt a prick, then overnight had a lot of pain, irritation, and some swelling. The employee was hospitalized with an infection in his knee.
A contractor was performing maintenance on a fryer when it tipped over, causing hot oil to splash onto the injured employee, who was nearby. The injured employee suffered burns that required hospitalization.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.