DALLAS, TEXAS—
H-E-B
Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at H-E-B, 5750 East Lovers Ln., DALLAS, TEXAS 75206 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
Employees tilted an oven and its stand so that the floor behind it could be cleaned. As the oven and stand were put back on the floor, the stand's adjustable leg caught an employee's right middle finger. The fingertip was amputated at the nail.
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