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Gordon Food Services

Exposure to environmental cold — Frostbite — HOUSTON, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Gordon Food Services in HOUSTON, TEXAS
Employer Gordon Food Services Report ID 20181212683
Address 11303 Antoine Drive City, State ZIP HOUSTON, TEXAS 77066
Event Date December 11, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Frostbite Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Exposure to environmental cold Source of Injury Cold-environmental
Industry (NAICS) 423990 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 29.94000, -95.48000

Incident Narrative

An employee was working in the freezer storage section of the facility for 12 hours. The next morning, he was hospitalized for treatment of frostbite on the right index finger.

Incident Summary

On December 11, 2018, a worker at Gordon Food Services in HOUSTON, TEXAS suffered frostbite to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as exposure to environmental cold, with cold-environmental identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 31 severe injury reports involving "Exposure to environmental cold" incidents in our database. Browse all Exposure to environmental cold injuries.

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