Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures

Name: Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at American Bottling Company
Start: 3/4/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025032080 · 3/4/2025 · American Bottling Company

Severity

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

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Material and personnel handling machinery unspecified
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: American Bottling Company
Location: 2400 Holy Hall, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77054
NAICS: 312111
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was on an A-frame ladder changing a sprocket and aligning an overhead conveyor when he lost his footing and contacted the sprocket and chain of the machine. The employee sustained a laceration to their left thumb.

Source

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