Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at H-E-B
Start: 12/19/2024

1 hospitalization · 20241211713 · 12/19/2024 · H-E-B

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Ankle(s)
Nature of injury: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Cause

Event: Struck by other falling object n.e.c.
Source: Chips, shards, fibers glass
Secondary source: Barrels, drums, cans nonpressurized

Employer

Name: H-E-B
Location: 8801 South Congress Ave., AUSTIN, TEXAS, 78745
NAICS: 445110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was emptying a trash can. A piece of glass in the trash can cut her lower left leg near the ankle and severed a tendon. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown