Fall on same level, n.e.c. · Multiple intracranial injuries, n.e.c.
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Z & H Foods, Inc., 9830 Homestead Road, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77016
on — Multiple intracranial injuries, n.e.c., affecting the brain.
Final narrative
An employee working as a cashier near the drive-thru window experienced heat exhaustion and collapsed while walking to the walk-in cooler. The employee struck their head during the fall which resulted in a concussion and seizure.
An employee was taking orders at the drive through when a customer started arguing about a coupon. The employee went outside to speak with the customer and an altercation occurred and the customer stabbed her on the left side of her abdomen with a knife.
An employee was cleaning a bathroom when a stall door closed on her right hand. Her right ring finger was caught in the door hinge, resulting in a fingertip amputation and open fracture to her finger.
An employee was pulling on a bale of corrugated cardboard boxes that were on a conveyor. The straps on the bale failed and the employee fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a fractured femur and/or hip.
On December 27, 2023, an employee was delivering mail to an apartment complex when their knee gave out and they fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a left tibia fracture.
An employee was walking to the inventory cage when her ankle gave out and she fell to the floor. The employee sustained a femur fracture and was hospitalized.
An employee was dislodging a pallet that was stuck when boxes of product fell onto them, causing them to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured femur.
An employee was performing regular job duties, including bussing tables. The employee was punched in the face by a patron of the restaurant. The employee was hospitalized with loss of consciousness, brain swelling/bleeding, and multiple avulsions of teeth.
An employee was putting food items on shelves in a freezer. The employee lost their footing while moving around in the freezer and fell on the floor. The employee sustained a fractured hip.
A person wandered through a restaurant into the kitchen area. While being escorted to the front doors by two employees, the person pulled out a sharp object and stabbed one of the employees in the lower abdomen. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was standing on a milk crate to clean the grill. The milk crate slipped and the employee's right hand fell onto the hot grill, resulting in burns to the right arm and hand.
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.