Rick's Restaurant

An employee was standing on a bag of bentonite clay composite when it ignited and the employee's pants leg caught on fire. The employee then went to remove a gasoline can from a dual-axle trailer and sustained burns to his arms, right hand, and the right side of his abdomen.

An employee was burning a brush pile. They poured gasoline on the fire, resulting in burns to his face, arms, and hands.

An employee was helping to put out a fire in a wok when hot cooking oil splashed onto the employee. They sustained second-degree burns.

Two employees were working on an empty above-ground 2,500-barrel crude oil tank. Employee 1 was welding while employee 2 was watching. Employee 1 saw fire behind the welding smoke and notified employee 2. Before they could get off the tank, they both fell in the tank and sustained burns from the fire.

An employee was pressing pyrotechnic composition into pellets using a pressure tablet press. Upon pouring the composition into the small hopper, the composition ignited and produced a flash fire. The employee sustained bilateral burns to the hands and face.

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.

A crew was installing drilled micropiles alongside an outdoor covered deck foundation. The injured employee was working the front of the drill when a loose section of casing dropped onto the tip of a rig wrench and pulled the wrench down to an embedded casing. The employee's left little finger was caught between the rig wrench and the embedded casing and was amputated above the top knuckle.

Two employees were working to change a tire on a mobile slasher saw. The slasher weighs around 2,000 pounds and is towed. Employee 2 was lifting the saw while the injured employee was placing a block of wood under the frame for support. The slasher then lowered onto the block and the injured employee's left thumb was crushed between the slasher frame and the wood block, leading to an amputation at the first knuckle.

An employee was using a metal shear when it amputated the tip of his right index finger.

An employee was using a crane to move a 44-foot, 3,343-pound I-beam. As the beam was moving west, it straightened out (north to south), beginning to swing south toward the northwest corner of a building. The crane then sent the beam southward, directly toward the corner of the building. The beam caught the tips of the employee's left index, middle, and ring fingers against the building. The last joints of the middle and ring fingers were amputated, and the last joint of the index finger was partially crushed.

An employee was standing on a step stool, removing the nuts and bolts from the frame of a solar panel that was being replaced. The employee's cheek made contact with a connector with damaged insulation. The employee was shocked, briefly lost consciousness, and fell to the ground, suffering an injury to the left shoulder.