Darden Restaurants

An employee was carrying dirty dishes to the dish area when they slipped on water on the floor near the dishwasher. They fell to the floor and sustained a fractured hip.

An employee was cleaning a bandsaw when it amputated the tip of one of his fingers.

An employee was slicing potatoes. The slicing machine caught the employee's left hand, partially amputating the middle finger.

On 8/3/2018, at 4:15 p.m. CST (5:15 p.m. EST), an employee used a three-step step ladder to retrieve "To-Go" boxes from a storage area. As he was stepping down, his foot slipped on a step and he fell off the step ladder to the floor, landing on his left hand and fracturing his left wrist.

An employee was in the kitchen area when a coworker bumped into her. She fell to the floor and injured her head, requiring hospitalization.

An employee connected a steam line to a hose to clean equipment when the fitting broke loose. They were struck by steam in the left inner thigh, resulting in burns that required hospitalization.

An employee was straining hot water from a pot of rice when the water splashed onto them, resulting in burns to their chest, arms, shoulder, and back.

An employee was making tea when she noticed tea grinds were collecting on the side and water was no longer dripping through the funnel. The employee was checking the funnel when boiling water and tea grinds spilled onto the left side of her body. The employee sustained burns to her neck, back, and arm.

An employee had turned off the ball valve on a waterpipe system and was removing the plug when the coupling system attached to the strainer came apart. Hot water sprayed on his arm and back, resulting in first- and second-degree burns that required surgery.

An employee was using a shovel to remove waste vermiculite from molten zinc. The metal had been placed in a bin and partially hardened. The employee broke through the partially hardened metal; still-molten metal flowed to the employee's steel-toed right boot and entered through the cloth boot tongue. The employee suffered a third-degree burn to the right foot 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 unloading the dishwasher and dropped a glass, resulting in a left hand laceration that required hospitalization.

An employee was removing a sauce pan from a stove burner when a water and sugar mixture spilled onto their hand, resulting in burns.

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's left knee entered a fryer. He suffered burns from the hot oil.

An employee was cleaning leaves with a backpack blower when he fell from a ladder, resulting in injuries to his head, neck, and back.

An employee was operating a battery-powered broom to clean demolition debris off the top of the outermost bridge girder. The girder was approximately 11 feet above the demolition scaffold below. The employee fell approximately 8 feet to wind bracing below. The employee was hospitalized with a pelvis/tailbone fracture. Fall protection was in place at the time.

An employee slipped while descending in a stairwell, fell, and suffered multiple contusions/bruises to the head, neck, shoulders, knees, and back. She was hospitalized.

An employee's right middle finger was caught in a nip point. The employee suffered an amputation to the middle finger at the first knuckle.

An employee was directing trucks as they entered and left a highway work zone. A vehicle struck them, resulting in multiple fractures and other injuries. The employee was hospitalized.