Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Eat n Park Hospitality Group, Inc., 320 South Broad Street, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19102
on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
An employee was being trained on the fryer grill when a can of cooking spray that was left on top of a char-broiler exploded. The employee was burned and hospitalized overnight.
An employee was using a food processor to cut potatoes when the machine jammed. As the employee was trying to remove the jammed potato, the processor's rotating plate struck and amputated the employee's fingertip.
An employee was using an air compressor on a multi-wheel tire when the flange and the tire burst, causing the wheel's lock ring to strike the employee in the face. He sustained a laceration and facial fractures.
An employee was changing the connection to a compressed nitrogen tank when the system failed and exploded. One employee suffered a concussion and was hospitalized. The other employee sustained soft tissue injuries that did not require hospitalization.
An employee was putting air in a tire that was mounted on a customer's vehicle when the tire exploded, resulting in a left arm fracture that required hospitalization.
On October 24, 2023, at 12:00 PM, an employee was visually checking a gauge on the "U" controller when a pressure tank exploded. The employee was hospitalized with multiple facial fractures and required surgery.
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An employee was straining demi-glace into a pot. The strainer the employee was using became heavy and hit the pot, causing the demi-glace to spill onto the employee's right hand. The employee suffered second-degree burns to the hand.
An employee was walking into the motor control center (MCC) room when his right ring finger was caught in the hinge of a doorway. He sustained an open phalanx fracture, which resulted in a partial amputation above the first knuckle.
An employee was changing the spacing on a telehandler's forks. A fork slipped, and the employee's left index finger was caught between it and the mast. The fingertip was medically amputated at the first knuckle.
An employee was pulling down a broken skid with a forklift. When the employee backed up the forklift to get the forks out of the skid he pulled down, he contacted the forks of another parked forklift, fracturing both of his legs. He was hospitalized.
An employee was carrying cups back to the kitchen when her foot got caught on a cart and she fell face-first. During the fall, a piece of glass from a cup cut the inside of her mouth, severing an artery. She also sustained a laceration on her lower lip. The employee was hospitalized.