Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Brookshire Brothers, Inc., 14761 State Hwy 150 West, COLDSPRING, TEXAS 77331
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was cutting meat with a bone in a saw. The meat rolled and the employee's right middle finger contacted the saw blade and was amputated.
An employee was walking out of the store when she was struck by a vehicle. The employee sustained intracranial bleeding and swelling, a fracture at the base of the skull involving the left occipital region, and lung contusions. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was wiping cake batter off the valve assembly area in the cake depositing machine when the machine actuated and amputated their right index fingertip.
An employee had been scraping ice from the walk-in freezer door. The employee slipped and fell on ice or a wet floor while coming out of the freezer and broke her right ankle. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was climbing down a ladder when it shifted to one side. The employee's hand came into contact with wires, which cut his right middle, ring, and little 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.
Employee 1 was investigating a gas odor. While employee 1 was checking the equipment, a gas explosion occurred, resulting in a fire that burned the employee's face. Employee 2 entered the area and a second explosion occurred, causing burns to their face and arms. Employee 2 was hospitalized.
An employee tripped while walking from one store register station to another. Her forehead struck a register, and she suffered fractures to two vertebrae in her neck. She was hospitalized.
An employee was stocking and ordering the meat case on the sales floor when he slipped and fell due to water on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and required surgery.
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.