Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at H-E-B, 9722 Fry Road, CYPRESS, TEXAS 77433
on — Fractures, affecting the ankle(s).
Final narrative
An employee was breaking down a frozen pallet when they slipped on either plastic or ice and fell to the floor, resulting in a fractured left ankle that required hospitalization.
An employee was walking in a parking lot when she missed a step, fell, and struck her head against a concrete curb, resulting in a laceration to the bridge of her nose that required stitches, as well as hospitalization due to a possible brain bleed and a concussion.
An employee was cutting a 15-pound piece of ribeye on a saw. The blade of the saw contacted the employee's right hand causing a partial amputation to the middle finger and injury to the index finger requiring stitches.
An employee was in the cooler, loading a cart with boxed meat products. The employee was exiting the cooler with the cart when his right hand got caught between the cart and the doorframe of the cooler. The employee's right middle finger was amputated.
An employee was emptying a trash can. A piece of glass in the trash can cut her lower left leg near the ankle and severed a tendon. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 445110)
Employee 1 was investigating a gas odor. While employee 1 was checking the equipment, a gas explosion occurred, resulting in a fire that burned the employee's face. Employee 2 entered the area and a second explosion occurred, causing burns to their face and arms. Employee 2 was hospitalized.
An employee tripped while walking from one store register station to another. Her forehead struck a register, and she suffered fractures to two vertebrae in her neck. She was hospitalized.
An employee was stocking and ordering the meat case on the sales floor when he slipped and fell due to water on the floor. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured ankle and required 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.