AUSTIN, TEXAS—
Brinker International, Inc.
Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Brinker International, Inc., 10910 Domain Dr. Suite 100, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78758 on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using a slicer to cut vegetables and amputated the tip of his right thumb.
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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.
NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK—
Brinker International, Inc.
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.
HOMEWOOD, ILLINOIS—
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An employee was cooking food in a deep fryer. As the employee took the basket out of the fryer, he bumped a pan of hot grease that was sitting on the side of another fryer. Hot grease spilled onto the employee, resulting in second-degree burns on the right forearm and hand.
LUBBOCK, TEXAS—
Brinker International, Inc.
An employee was opening a bag of guacamole using a knife. The knife slipped and amputated the tip of the employee's left index finger.
MCALLEN, TEXAS—
Brinker International, Inc.
An employee was in the dish area when the dish washing machine stopped working. He opened the machine to investigate and the track caught his right middle finger at the mid-point of the nailbed and partially amputated it.
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