Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle · Crushing injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at H-E-B Grocery Company, LP, 1100 Panther Dr, WESLACO, TEXAS 78596
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
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 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 on a ladder cutting a tree branch with an electric saw when the branch swung and struck the ladder, causing him to fall to the ground and strike his head on the concrete curb. He suffered a head injury, sprained right shoulder, and broken neck vertebrae.
An employee was climbing down from a tractor trailer bed when they lost their footing and grabbed onto the roll-up door to stop the fall. The roll-up door then fell onto the employee's hand, resulting in a hand fracture that required surgery.
An employee was attempting to remove a tarp from a flatbed trailer when the trailer handle struck the employee in the chest, resulting in two broken ribs and a punctured lung.
An employee was near a backhoe while the operator was getting a broom. The broom handle struck the lever that actuates the swing of the backhoe bucket. The bucket then struck the injured employee, pinning him to the outrigger. The employee suffered crush injuries to the chest.
The injured employee was being trained on loading trucks in the load out bay. The injured employee and his supervisor climbed the stairs that run parallel to the truck and trailer, walked to the upper platform used for observation and sample taking, and saw that the lid of the grain trailer was closed. The employees began working to open the lid which appeared to be stuck due to cold weather. The injured employee pulled on one of the pivot arms that connect the lid to the main body of the trailer. As the lid began to open, the employee s right hand slipped down on the pivot arm and his index finger was caught between the pivot arm and the base of the pivot arm. The employee s right index finger was fractured and three nerves were severed. The employee was hospitalized.
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