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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Panera, LLC

Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Panera, LLC, 4864 W. 211th Street, MATTESON, ILLINOIS 60443 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).

An employee was using the bagel slicing machine when a bagel got stuck. The employee was removing the bagel when their right middle fingertip was amputated.

Amputation Fingertip(s) Food slicers

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An employee was speaking to coworkers when a customer approached the employee regarding what was being said. The customer became agitated. The employee attempted to de-escalate the situation and asked the customer to step outside. Once outside the customer assaulted the employee, resulting in a nasal fracture, laceration to the nasal bridge, contusion, and a headache.

Panera, LLC

An employee was walking across a floor that had just been mopped when he slipped and fell to the floor, fracturing his right hip and requiring hospitalization. "Wet floor" signs were posted at the time of the incident.

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While making a delivery at a customer's business, an employee climbed over a fence and was injured.

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An employee was closing the rollup door of a trailer parked at the loading dock when his third and fourth fingers on his right hand were caught between the door panels, amputating his third fingertip and crushing his fourth fingertip.

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An employee sustained a thumb amputation while cleaning a bagel slicer.

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A temporary employee was carrying a nail gun through the warehouse when it hit his leg, activated, and fired a nail into the leg.