Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Cuts, lacerations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Texas Roadhouse, Inc., 3015 SW 32nd Avenue, OCALA, FLORIDA 34474
on — Cuts, lacerations, affecting the hand(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was using a knife to score and separate two racks of ribs when the knife slid toward his hand, resulting in a cut and tendon damage.
HospitalizedHand(s), unspecifiedKnives, unspecified or n.e.c.
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