Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at H-E-B Grocery Company LP , 320 Coit Rd, PLANO, TEXAS 75075
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was cutting flower stems using a manual guillotine cutter and amputated the left thumb between the nail and first knuckle.
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 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 using a saw to cut a piece of concrete when the piece gave way and pushed the saw into the employee's leg. The employee's leg was lacerated, requiring stitches and hospitalization.
An employee was grinding some hardfacing on a bulldozer blade when the 9-inch grinder kicked back and lacerated his left leg above the knee. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was operating a rotating tool to place thread protectors on the end of pipe. Her left hand was on the rotating part of the tool when the tool engaged, resulting in a left forearm fracture and a thumb laceration.
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