Amputations involving bone loss

Name: Amputations involving bone loss at HEB Distribution Center
Start: 7/6/2025

1 amputation · 2025076486 · 7/6/2025 · HEB Distribution Center

Severity

Hospitalized: 0
Amputation: 1
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Thumb(s)
Nature of injury: Amputations involving bone loss

Cause

Event: Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing
Source: Extruding, injecting, forming, molding machinery n.e.c.
Secondary source: Machine guards

Employer

Name: HEB Distribution Center
Location: 4625 Windfern Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
NAICS: 445110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was clearing a bottle jam in the trimmer section of a blow mold machine when the machine restarted. The employee sustained amputation of their right thumb and lacerations to their right third and fifth fingers. The machine was energized and a guard was in place at the time.

Source

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