Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Olive Garden, 4950 Riverside Drive, MACON, GEORGIA 31210
on — Fractures, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was walking in a restaurant when she fell, suffering a broken right leg. She was hospitalized.
An employee inhaled smoke caused by dust that had settled on an HVAC system. She developed shortness of breath and chest pain and was hospitalized, suffering from lung irritation.
An employee climbed a ladder to the roof, opened a hatch door to the roof, and then opened a gate at the top of the roof hatch. When she opened the gate, her finger was caught and crushed in the gate hinge, causing a severe laceration and fracture of the right index finger.
On October 5, 2018, while preparing food on a line, an employee slipped and fell to the floor. The employee suffered a hip fracture that required surgery.
An employee was pulling on a bale of corrugated cardboard boxes that were on a conveyor. The straps on the bale failed and the employee fell to the floor. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery for a fractured femur and/or hip.
On December 27, 2023, an employee was delivering mail to an apartment complex when their knee gave out and they fell to the ground. The employee was hospitalized with a left tibia fracture.
An employee was walking to the inventory cage when her ankle gave out and she fell to the floor. The employee sustained a femur fracture and was hospitalized.
An employee was dislodging a pallet that was stuck when boxes of product fell onto them, causing them to fall to the ground. The employee suffered a fractured femur.
An employee pulled out a bucket of hot oil from under the fryer. The employee then stood on the table to clean the back wall. He stepped down into the bucket of hot oil, resulting in third-degree burns to his left leg.
An employee was walking through the retail store when they tripped over a display rack and fell. The employee was hospitalized with fractures to their left shoulder, left elbow, and left wrist.
An employee was on a roof servicing a refrigeration system. They were using a ladder to get off the roof when they fell, resulting in a shattered left heel that required hospitalization and surgery.
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.
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.
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.