Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Empirical Foods, Hwy 66 & Masterson Rd, AMARILLO, TEXAS 79120
on — Fractures , affecting the Foot(feet) and leg(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was performing electrical demolition work from a ladder when they fell to the floor, fracturing their leg and heel.
Hospitalized Foot(feet) and leg(s) n.e.c. Portable ladders and stairs unspecified
An employee was assisting with adjusting the legs of a piece of equipment. Their left ring finger got pinched between the legs of the equipment and the floor, which caused an amputation to the fingertip. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee had been pressure washing equipment and the floor using water heated to approximately 200 F. The pressurized stream contacted the employee's rubber boot causing a burn to the top of their foot. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.
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 fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.
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