Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Outback Steakhouse, 5704 S. Broadway Avenue, TYLER, TEXAS 75703
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was repairing the roof's exhaust and got an index finger caught in the motor's belt resulting in amputation.
At about 1:00 p.m. on May 12, 2025, an employee was cutting celery with a knife. The knife severed part of the top of this right thumb, including skin and the nail.
An employee was moving a container of boiling water off the stove when the water spilled on her leg. She then slipped in the water and fell. The employee was hospitalized with burns.
An employee was trying to light a propane grill when the gas in the grill caused an explosion. The employee suffered first and second degree burns to the face/neck.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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An employee pulled out a bucket of hot oil from under the fryer. The employee then stood on the table to clean the back wall. He stepped down into the bucket of hot oil, resulting in third-degree burns to his left leg.
An employee was walking through the retail store when they tripped over a display rack and fell. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their left shoulder, left elbow, and left wrist.
An employee was on a roof servicing a refrigeration system. They were using a ladder to get off the roof when they fell, resulting in a shattered left heel that required hospitalization and surgery.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.