Bites and stings, unspecified · Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Valley Laundromats, L.P., 2018 West University Drive, EDINBURG, TEXAS 78539
on — Traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee was getting supplies from a laundry supply closet when a spider bit her lower left leg, requiring hospitalization.
An employee was walking through the chicken barn checking the chickens. They were bitten by a spider on the left shoulder and experienced a reaction to the spider bite.
An employee was lubricating the towel folder and got his right hand caught between the chain and sprocket resulting in a laceration that required surgery.
An employee was cleaning around a folding machine and lost his balance. As he went to catch himself he grabbed the safety bar. His hand slipped and went into the roller on the machine and was crushed.
An employee was on a loading dock looking for his cart. He had one foot on the dock plate and the other foot on a truck when the truck pulled away. He then fell, injuring his knee and requiring hospitalization and 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.