Trip from stepping into a hole without fall · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Gulf Rice Milling, Inc., 12010 Taylor Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77041
on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
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Final narrative
Two employees were loading rice sacks onto a pallet for shipment. The employees were horse-playing while doing this. One employee pushed another employee causing him to step in between the slats of the pallet and fracturing the ankle.
An employee was helping a forklift operator move pallets when the forklift operator turned and pinned the employee's shoulder between the forklift and a pole. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured left arm.
An employee entered the cargo area on an aircraft to inspect the ceiling under the wing when they stepped into an open hole from a missing aircraft floor board. The employee twisted his right ankle, resulting in a dislocation.
An employee was walking from a job trailer to a delivery truck when he stepped into a hole and heard a pop in his right knee. The employee was hospitalized for an injury to the right knee.
An employee was working on top of a rebar mat that was about 4 feet off the ground. As he walked across the mat, he stepped into a gap and his lower leg was caught in the rebar. His right leg twisted, and he suffered fractures to the tibia and fibula. He was hospitalized.
An employee was moving cheese from a line into a storage tote. The employee stepped backward into a divot in the concrete floor and twisted their foot, suffering a strained Achilles tendon.
An employee was loading a forklift onto a trailer during night operation. The employee stepped down off the forklift and into a small hole in the trailer floor resulting in a fractured lower right leg and hospitalization.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 311212)
On November 21, 2024, at approximately 7:55 a.m., an employee was getting onto a manlift on the fourth floor while holding two scoop shovels. As he stepped onto the lift, the shovels got caught on the floor, causing him to slip off the step and grab the floor. The employee fell to the concrete third floor, resulting in 4 fractured right ribs and 3 fractured left ribs. He also dislocated his right shoulder.
An employee was riding a manlift up from the ground floor when they fell several feet from the manlift to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured left femur.
An employee was changing out a flex hose at a soaking tank when part of a T-valve burst on the soaking tank, resulting in burns to their torso from the hot water.
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.