Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at H-E-B, L.P., 10660 FM 471 West, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78251
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s).
Final narrative
An employee was cutting meat using a band saw and partially amputated their right index fingertip.
Amputation Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Butchering machinery
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