Inhalation of harmful substance-single episode · Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, 1740 Scenic Hwy N, SNELLVILLE, GEORGIA 30078
on — Other respiratory system symptoms-toxic, noxious, or allergenic effect, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee poured a degreaser into a bucket to clean a floor. He added hot water, then started having breathing problems. He was hospitalized with chemical pneumonitis.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersSolvents, degreasers, unspecified
More severe injuries at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
An employee was standing on the third rung of a 6-foot ladder cleaning ceiling tiles when he lost his balance and fell off the ladder to the floor. The employee sustained a right hip fracture.
An employee was walking toward the work entry door prior to the beginning of their shift when they fell to the concrete and suffered a left humerus fracture.
An employee was walking while carrying a tray to the dish room when they slipped or tripped and fell to the ground, resulting in knee pain and a broken hip.
An employee was passing through a building when she suffered an allergic reaction to a cinnamon air freshener. The employee began to feel dizzy and ill, ultimately becoming unresponsive. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee wearing a blasting hood was preparing to blast inside a tank. The line that supplies the hood with breathing air was plugged into an argon line. The employee breathed the argon gas and fell. The employee was hospitalized for argon poisoning.
An employee was preparing a pump for maintenance. When the employee removed a cover, chemicals were released into the air. The employee was exposed to hydrogen sulfide and methyl mercaptan and was hospitalized.
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.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.