Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Creole Cuisine Restaurant Concepts, 337 Charters St, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70130
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was going to brush meat off of the boudin grinder when he got his finger caught in the extruder blades, amputating his fingertip.
An employee was operating a strip saw. As the employee shut off the saw, their right index and middle fingertips were amputated by the blade before it came to a complete stop.
An employee was using a table saw to cut a piece of wood for wall framing. The wood jumped, causing the employee's hand to move toward the saw, amputating their left index finger and causing a laceration on their hand.
An employee was operating a trim saw. While trying to free a jammed board she had just cut, she came into contact with the running saw blade, which amputated her right thumb.
An employee fell from a loading dock to the ground 2-3 feet below. She suffered a compound fracture of the left hip and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was helping to flip and stack tables in a dining room so the floors could be waxed. They began experiencing back and knee pain a few hours later, resulting in hospitalization for musculoskeletal strain affecting the lower back and right knee.
An employee was washing pots at the dish sink. They stepped back from the sink, tripped on a raised floor drain grate, and fell backward to the floor. The employee sustained a laceration to the ear that required surgery and a back injury with T9 - T10 spinal fractures.
An employee ingested degreaser that was placed in a cup and handed to him for cleaning the grill. The employee's esophagus was burned and the employee underwent surgery.
A driver was exiting his vehicle outside the plant gate when his foot slipped on the top step of the truck. He fell to the ground, landed on his left hip and elbow. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured hip/femur.
A security employee was responding to an urgent call from staff regarding a violent patient. The employee tripped and fell on the floor outside of the stairwell. The employee sustained a closed head injury, contusion of the cerebrum without loss of consciousness, and a closed fracture of the distal end of the right radius.
A temporary employee was testing an electrical starter motor. He was placing tape on the starter while the breaker was not engaged, but the starter sent an arc flash that burned his hands and stomach.
An employee was walking on a sidewalk and stubbed his toe on an elevated portion of concrete, causing him to trip and fall. The employee's right knee was dislocated.