The Krystal Company

Three employees were removing and cleaning equipment and fixtures and tidying up a restaurant that had been closed recently. A gasoline-powered pressure washer was in use near the back door of the restaurant. Carbon monoxide from the machine entered the building, causing all three workers to become lightheaded. One of them lost consciousness and was hospitalized.

An employee was working in the back of a restaurant when a man came in and stabbed the employee eight times.

An employee was walking to the lobby from the kitchen when he slipped and fell, fracturing his pelvis. He was hospitalized.

An employee was recalibrating the fryer and adjusting the vent above the fryer from a table. The employee fell and injured the right wrist.

An employee was shot in store during working hours.

An employee had been speaking on phone with a hostile client. The employee experienced chest pain and was hospitalized for a heart attack.

An employee provided CPR during a medical emergency. The recipient died, and the employee went into shock.

An employee had been dealing with a trespasser and had the police onsite. She also had a verbal altercation with a vendor. The employee then suffered cardiac distress.

An employee was verbally harassed by a client and experienced extreme heart palpitations and a spike in blood pressure, requiring hospitalization.

An employee felt ill after a fatality occurred in the workplace, requiring hospitalization for a possible heart problem.

An employee was climbing a ladder when he fell to the ground. He was hospitalized with injuries to his right knee and leg and required surgery.

An employee was performing regular job duties, including bussing tables. The employee was punched in the face by a patron of the restaurant. The employee was hospitalized with loss of consciousness, brain swelling/bleeding, and multiple avulsions of teeth.

An employee was putting food items on shelves in a freezer. The employee lost their footing while moving around in the freezer and fell on the floor. The employee sustained a fractured hip.

A person wandered through a restaurant into the kitchen area. While being escorted to the front doors by two employees, the person pulled out a sharp object and stabbed one of the employees in the lower abdomen. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was standing on a milk crate to clean the grill. The milk crate slipped and the employee's right hand fell onto the hot grill, resulting in burns to the right arm and hand.

An employee was helping a coworker transport a tall palm tree with a mini skid steer. The employee was severely shocked by a high-voltage electrical wire above the ground.

An employee was retrieving a Christmas tree from a shelf using a ladder. He missed a step and fell to the concrete floor. He sustained injury to his head and wrist.

An employee was inspecting a generator whose radiator was leaking. He slipped, and a fan blade in the generator amputated his thumb and index finger.

An employee was operating an agricultural tractor during sugarcane harvesting. The employee sustained a lumbar sprain due to vibration or motion from the tractor.

An employee was moving a 3-ton condensing unit, strapped down on a dolly, out of a garage. The strap broke, causing the employee to fall backward onto the brick pavered driveway. The employee suffered injury to a spinal ligament in the neck.