Struck against stationary object while rising, lowering · Abrasions
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Frito-Lay Inc., 3310 Texas 36, ROSENBERG, TEXAS 77471
on — Abrasions , affecting the Leg(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was completing a post-trip vehicle inspection when he scratched his right leg on the step of the truck. The employee was hospitalized with cellulitis.
An employee's right middle fingertip was caught between a chain and a sprocket in a machine. The fingertip was amputated. The machine was unguarded at the time.
An employee was working to clear a jammed box in a box drop area. The employee's left thumb was caught and amputated between a box drop tray and a support bar.
An employee slowed his forklift in a warehouse aisle as another forklift turned from an intersecting aisle. The employee's left arm was pinned between the two forklifts. The employee developed compartment syndrome.
An employee adjusted a pallet on racking and was walking back to their parked stand-up forklift when they were struck by another stand-up forklift. The employee fell into the racking system and sustained a fractured pelvis and ribs.
An employee was walking while doing product inventory. The employee slipped and fell on metal decking and sustained a laceration to their left shin and calf area. The employee required hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was putting items away in a locker. They bent down to pick up an item. When they lifted their head, it struck the bottom of a locker. The employee sustained a head injury.
An employee was ascending a fixed ladder and struck his head on an overhead object that was approximately 20 feet above ground level. The employee sustained neck injuries and tingling in his fingers. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was in the dairy cooler and bent down to get something for a customer. While standing up, the back of his head struck a top stock cart. The employee suffered a brain bleed and required surgery.
An employee was replacing a panel inside a nacelle (wind turbine component) that was at ground level. When he stood up from a crouching position, he struck his head on a metal bracket. The employee was hospitalized with a hematoma on the left side of his head.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 424450)
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An employee was cleaning a mixing machine with an air hose. Blades in the machine amputated two fingers on his right hand. The machine was not guarded at the time of the incident.
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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.