# Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss at HEB Distribution Center
> OSHA SIR `2025065296` · 6/4/2025 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Ear(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Collision with stationary object, nonroadway
- **Source:** Pallet jack riding
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle trailers, trailing units
## Employer
- **Name:** HEB Distribution Center
- **Location:** 4501 Blalock Rd, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77041
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was backing up a pallet jack to unload a trailer. His head struck the bottom edge of the trailer door, and suffered a scalp laceration and the amputation of his right ear.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*