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 500 W. Overland, 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
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 289
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 489,438
- Establishment ID
- 1400642
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 09:00
- Time of incident
- 12:40
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-17
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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