Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pappas Restaurants Inc., 600 W. State Hwy 114, GRAPEVINE, TEXAS 76051
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c..
Final narrative
While repairing a grill exhaust fan, an employee suffered an amputation of the right index finger at the first joint and a fractured right middle finger at the first joint.
An employee was changing a filter at a hood above a prep cook surface. The filter dropped behind the equipment and damaged a gas line. Gas leaked and ignited. The employee sustained burns to the face, neck, and arm.
An employee was using an 8-foot step ladder to access boxes stored on an upper shelf when the employee fell from the ladder to the floor, suffering a lumbar spine injury.
An employee was cleaning out a tortilla machine when the employee's finger was caught and amputated between the conveyor belt and the machine's roller. The belt and rollers were not guarded at the time.
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 was cleaning the kitchen for closing and sustained burns to their face and body after a fryer tipped over and hot oil splashed onto the employee.
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.
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.