Dessert Holdings

Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. — Amputations — HUMBLE, TEXAS

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at Dessert Holdings in HUMBLE, TEXAS
Employer Dessert Holdings Report ID 2023043484
Address 2200 S. Houston Ave. City, State ZIP HUMBLE, TEXAS 77396
Event Date April 18, 2023 Outcome Hospitalized, Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Event Type Caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c. Source of Injury Bottling, canning, filling machinery
Industry (NAICS) 311813 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 29.96000, -95.26000

Incident Narrative

An employee was setting up a depositor and removed the spatula when his right middle finger was partially amputated by the machine.

Incident Summary

On April 18, 2023, a worker at Dessert Holdings in HUMBLE, TEXAS suffered amputations to the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified. The incident was classified as caught in running equipment or machinery, n.e.c., with bottling, canning, filling machinery identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized, amputation.

Context

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