HOUSTON, TEXAS—
H-E-B, LP
Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at H-E-B, LP, 4625 Windfern, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77041 on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning bottles in the trimmer section of a blow mold machine when the employee's finger was caught in the machinery, resulting in a transphalangeal amputation of the right ring finger.
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SAN JUAN, TEXAS—
H-E-B, LP
Two employees were pulling a stock cart filled with product out of a meat cooler. One employee pushed the cart and the other employee's right arm was caught between the cart and an asset-protector bollard. He sustained a fractured upper right arm.
SPRING, TEXAS—
H-E-B, LP
An employee was cleaning the produce production room. The employee was spraying a grease cutter chemical when it mixed with an antimicrobial agent in a jug under a sink. The injured employee was called over to assess the situation, picked up the jug of antimicrobial agent, and inhaled the vapors from the chemical mixture. The injured employee was hospitalized.
MISSION, TEXAS—
H-E-B, LP
An employee was processing meat on a meat saw. His hand slipped and came into contact with a circular blade, which lacerated his right index finger, resulting in a partial amputation. The employee was hospitalized. The machine was not guarded at the time.
TEMPLE, TEXAS—
H-E-B, LP
An employee was standing on the operator's platform of a powered pallet jack. During a turn, the employee fell to the warehouse floor and landed on his left hip, resulting in a fracture to his upper femur.
KINGWOOD, TEXAS—
H-E-B, LP
An employee was operating a meat saw and sustained a partial amputation of the right middle finger including the fingernail.
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