El Paso, TX —
OSHA Injury Report: Tipp Distributors dba, Novamex
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Tipp Distributors dba, Novamex in El Paso, TX 79901 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was forklift Operator in general warehousing and storage.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Tipp Distributors dba, Novamex
- Parent company
- Tipp Distributors dba, Novamex
- Street
- 500 W. Overland
- City
- El Paso
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 79901
- On-site location
- Loading Dock
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
stocking a case of Material for storage
What happened
While stocking a case of [REDACTED] for storage a glass bottle exploded and a fragment struck the employee in the forehead.
Injury or illness
Laceration to right eyebrow
Object or substance involved
a glass bottle fragment
Summary line
Laceration to right eyebrow requiring sutures.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Forklift Operator
- SOC code
- 53-7051 — Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
- NAICS code
- 493110 — General warehousing and storage
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 289
- Total hours worked
- 489438
- Establishment ID
- 1400642
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 9:00
- Time of incident
- 12:40
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 17FEB26:18:51:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.