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Lewis Food Town, Inc

Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment — Amputations — HOUSTON, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Lewis Food Town, Inc in HOUSTON, TEXAS
Employer Lewis Food Town, Inc Report ID 2018055252
Address 2770 N Sam Houston Pkwy W. City, State ZIP HOUSTON, TEXAS 77038
Event Date May 30, 2018 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment Source of Injury Butchering machinery
Industry (NAICS) 445110 Inspection # 1319410
GPS Coordinates 29.94000, -95.46000

Incident Narrative

An employee was slicing boneless round steaks on a meat saw and amputated the right index fingertip.

Incident Summary

On May 30, 2018, a worker at Lewis Food Town, Inc in HOUSTON, TEXAS suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as struck against moving part of machinery or equipment, with butchering machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 2,235 severe injury reports involving "Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment" incidents in our database. Browse all Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment injuries.

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