Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at H-E-B Grocery Company, LP, 4710 N. Pan Am Expressway, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78218
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
The employee was cutting shank meat using a band saw and amputated the fleshy tip of the right ring finger. The fingertip was reattached by outpatient surgical procedure.
An employee was using an electric pallet jack to transport product down a long hallway. He tripped on a pallet and fell, after which the pallet jack ran over his left foot. He suffered an open fracture to the foot that required surgery.
An employee was retrieving shopping carts from a parking lot. A car backed into the employee, who suffered a broken wrist. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was closing the truck trailer door and caught their left middle and ring fingers in the seam between horizontal door panels. The employee was hospitalized for a crushing injury to the fingers.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
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 using a de-clipping machine to cut the metal clips off of sausage sticks. As the employee put a link of sausages into the machine, their hand slipped into the point of operation. A piston pinched the employee's left index finger, causing a partial amputation.
An employee was operating a small tabletop grinder in a food safety quality assurance lab. She was stuffing meat down the grinder's chute when the grinder caught her right hand. Its auger caused an amputation to her middle finger and a partial amputation to her index finger.
A maintenance employee was removing an inspection plate from an industrial cooker. Hot liquid spilled onto him and burned his hands, arms, and torso area. He was hospitalized.
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.