Overexertion while materials moving by hand · Hernias
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Becker Vineyards, 464 Becker Farms Road, FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS 78624
on — Hernias, affecting the Abdomen unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee sustained a hernia while carrying a 25-pound gas cylinder. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was loading a 4-inch wooden door into a pickup truck when he felt a pop in his right side behind his shoulder blade. He was hospitalized later that day and underwent surgery, having suffered a collapsed right lung.
An employee was lifting a crate of dairy product and felt severe back pain. The employee was hospitalized with a burst blood vessel in their lower back.
An employee experienced sharp pain in his lower torso area while loading baggage into the front cargo pit of an aircraft. The employee sustained a hernia.
An employee was lifting a box of produce in the backroom area when she suffered pain in her lower back and was unable to stand, resulting in hospitalization.
An employee was operating a machine. When they performed a motion to push a machined engine block away from their body, they experienced a back strain, resulting in hospitalization.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 312130)
An employee was preparing to unload wine barrels from a shipping container that had been loaded onto a semi-trailer for delivery. His left index finger was caught between the container and a loading ramp, and was amputated just above the middle joint.
An employee was moving a barbeque grill. The lid fell while in transport and pinched their right thumb against the grill frame causing a fracture and laceration. The employee was hospitalized.
Two employees placed an electric pallet jack onto the back of a delivery truck. One employee got into the back of the truck and was operating the electric pallet jack; the injured employee was standing outside of the truck. The electric pallet jack was locked in place, and the employee in the back of the truck was moving materials around manually. The electric pallet jack started rolling toward the back end of the truck. The injured employee went to grab it to prevent it from falling out of the truck. The injured employee's right pinky finger was then caught between the rolling electric pallet jack and the side of the truck. He suffered a right pinky fingertip amputation.
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.