Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1528870.015 - Brookshire Grocery Company

Inspection Information - Office: Dallas Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1528870.015

Report ID: 0626300

Date Opened: 05/05/2021

Site Address:
Brookshire Grocery Company
1224 N Pacific Ave.
Mineola, TX 75773

Mailing Address:
1600 Wsw Loop 323, Tyler, TX 75710

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 424490/Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/05/2021

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 09/08/2021

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1762992	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2					2
Current Violations	1			1		2
Initial Penalty	$24,381	$0	$0	$0	$0	$24,381
Current Penalty	$6,827	$0	$0	$5,364	$0	$12,191
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	19100212 A03 II	07/26/2021	09/30/2021	$6,827	$13,653	$0		I - Informal Settlement
2.	01002	Other	19100305 B02 I	07/26/2021	08/19/2021	$5,364	$10,728	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 135958.015

Event: 04/29/2021

Employee lacerates finger when feeding meat into band saw

At 10:45 a.m. on April 29, 2021, an employee working as a meat cutter for a wholesale grocery was cutting boneless pork chops. The employee was not utilizing the push plate supplied to feed the meat product into the band saw. As he used his right hand to feed the piece of meat into the saw his hand slipped and contacted the sawblade. The employee was hospitalized to treat a lacerated index finger.

Keywords: Bandsaw, Blade, Butcher, Cutter, Cutting, Finger, Food service, Grocery Store, Hand, Laceration, Meat Slicing Machine, Safety Device, Saw, Sawblade, Struck Against

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1528870.015	64	M	Hospitalized injury		Butchers and meat cutters

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