Double R Brand Foods, LLC

Fall on same level, n.e.c. — Avulsions, enucleations — LUFKIN, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Double R Brand Foods, LLC in LUFKIN, TEXAS
Employer Double R Brand Foods, LLC Report ID 2020109585
Address 800 Ellen Trout Drive City, State ZIP LUFKIN, TEXAS 75904
Event Date October 8, 2020 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Avulsions, enucleations Body Part Tooth (teeth)
Event Type Fall on same level, n.e.c. Source of Injury Floor, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 311612 Inspection # 1500976
GPS Coordinates 31.37000, -94.71000

Incident Narrative

After unloading processed meats from several walk-in ovens, an employee entered a walk-in cooler. The employee passed out and fell face-first to the floor of the cooler. The employee sustained a dislocated jaw and several teeth were knocked out.

Incident Summary

On October 8, 2020, a worker at Double R Brand Foods, LLC in LUFKIN, TEXAS suffered avulsions, enucleations to the tooth (teeth). The incident was classified as fall on same level, n.e.c., with floor, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 1,479 severe injury reports involving "Fall on same level, n.e.c." incidents in our database. Browse all Fall on same level, n.e.c. injuries.

See all reports for Double R Brand Foods, LLC.

Similar Incidents

Other severe injury reports involving Fall on same level, n.e.c. events:

Date Employer Location Nature Outcome
Jul 8, 2016 Vertex Engineering Services WEST DENNIS, MASSACHUSETTS Fractures Hosp.
Mar 31, 2017 Palm Healthcare Management, LLC. OCALA, FLORIDA Fractures Hosp.
Dec 8, 2015 PrideStaff, Inc STONE MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA Fractures Hosp.
Jan 15, 2019 Team Ten LLC TYRONE, PENNSYLVANIA Fractures Hosp.
Mar 20, 2017 U.S. POSTAL SERVICE GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN Fractures Hosp.
Mar 10, 2022 Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA Fractures Hosp.
Sep 11, 2015 VI At Bentley Village Inc. NAPLES, FLORIDA Fractures Hosp.
May 8, 2015 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Inc. VALRICO, FLORIDA Intracranial injuries, unspecified Hosp.