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Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

Contact with hot objects or substances · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Darden Restaurants, Inc., 789 Turner McCall Boulevard NE, ROME, GEORGIA 30161 on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.

On March 29, 2021, an employee sustained burns to the hand after retrieving a utensil that was dropped into boiling water.

Hospitalized Hand(s), unspecified Water

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

An employee was walking through a restaurant serving guests. When he turned around, he was accidentally struck in the face by another employee's hand, resulting in a fractured orbital bone.

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

An employee was helping a manager carry some tiles from a dumpster area. As she closed the trash gate, she suffered an amputation to her right middle finger.

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

An employee was closing out for the day and gathering silverware. They slipped and fell on the wet floor sustaining a fractured hip.

DARDEN RESTAURANTS, INC.

An employee was cleaning underneath a table when they struck their head on the table, resulting in a head injury.

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

An employee was washing dishes when he became weak, fell, and struck his head on a shelf.

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OQ Chemicals

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.

Husbe Zoaq

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.

The Cumberland Rest Inc. dba Trinity Terrace

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.

Mueller & Wilson Inc

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.

Oklahoma Steel & Wire Co., LLC

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.

Port Marina

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.

Olive Garden Holdings, LLC

An employee was unloading the dishwasher and dropped a glass, resulting in a left hand laceration that required hospitalization.

Pappas Restaurants, Inc.

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

Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, LLC

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.

BRINKER FLORIDA, INC.

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

GS II Building Products, Inc.

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.

US Battery Manufacturing Company, Inc

A casting machine jammed. An employee's hand was caught in the machine, where a belt line caught and amputated the tip of his finger.

Alfa Insurance

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.

EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL

An employee slipped on condensation on a walkway in a parking garage. She fell and suffered a closed fracture to the neck of the left femur.

Bull Moose Tube

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.