Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at H-E-B, LP, #53 Barker Cypress, CYPRESS, TEXAS 77429
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a deli slicer. The slicer activated and amputated part of the employee's right thumb.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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