Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Legends Global Merchandise, NRG Stadium One NRG Park, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77054
on — Fractures , affecting the Hand(s), finger(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was tearing down equipment. She attempted to catch a clamshell when her hand was caught between the clamshell and the lift gate of a box truck. The employee sustained a broken hand and a cut on the forehead.
An employee was walking past a crossover conveyor when a ramp came down and hit them in the back. The employee sustained a broken back vertebra, as well as a concussion, and was hospitalized.
An employee was unloading frameless mirrors from a trailer. When unstrapped, the mirrors fell over onto the employee, who suffered a skull fracture, a brain bleed and blood clot, a broken left ankle, and lacerations.
A temporary employee was rigging secondary steel when the steel joist fell to the ground and struck his lower left leg, resulting in fractures to the tibia and fibula.
Two maintenance employees were dismantling a machine part (steel cylindrical rollers) on the ground. After unbolting a portion, part of the assembly fell approximately 6 inches onto one employee's left little finger. The employee was hospitalized and about 3/4" of their little finger above the top joint was surgically amputated.
An employee was operating a pad printer. The employee's finger was caught in the printer and they suffered a fingertip amputation. The part of the printer that caught the employee's finger was unguarded at the time.
An employee was stepping down from a rolling safety ladder that was locked in place when he fell and his head struck the floor, resulting in a brain bleed that required hospitalization.
An employee was clearing a piece of scrap from a carpet cutting machine when the blade came down and amputated the tip of his right thumb. A guard was in place at the time.
An employee was working on a printing machine when their hand became caught in the machine. The employee sustained a fractured metacarpal, torn tendons, and a dislocated wrist.
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.