Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, 1601 Broadway Street, PEARLAND, TEXAS 77581
on — Crushing injuries, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
An employee was putting chicken into a fryer. The employee's foot slipped, causing them to fall toward the fryer. Their left hand and arm made contact with the fryer basket and oil in the fryer, and oil splashed on their left arm, armpit, and face. The employee suffered burns to their hand, arm, and face.
An employee was pressure washing outside with a 3400-psi pressure washer when the pressurized water spray cut through his right shoe and lacerated his middle toe. The employee's toe became swollen. He was hospitalized for possible infection and underwent surgery.
An employee was carrying a bucket in a kitchen area. The employee slipped on the wet floor and suffered a broken lower spine. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was standing on a step ladder and reaching over his head for a baffle (a metal piece) from the vented hood system to clean during the closing routine. He fell from the step ladder onto the floor and fractured his right hip.
An employee was walking with a broomstick when the broomstick slid to the floor. As the employee leaned slightly forward, her hip popped. The employee sustained a left hip fracture.
On September 25, 2023, an employee was working in the body department installing doors, hoods, and tailgates. The employee finished their shift and was hospitalized later that evening for a back injury.
An employee was filtering a fryer with a fryer filter machine. After going around the corner and then returning to the fryers, the employee stepped into the filter machine. The hot oil burned the employee's right ankle, and the employee was hospitalized.
An employee was kneeling on the ground while painting in a hotel area. He felt a prick, then overnight had a lot of pain, irritation, and some swelling. The employee was hospitalized with an infection in his knee.
A contractor was performing maintenance on a fryer when it tipped over, causing hot oil to splash onto the injured employee, who was nearby. The injured employee suffered burns that required hospitalization.
After cutting a slab of beef short ribs, an employee turned to grab the pieces he had cut and his right hand contacted the saw blade. The employee sustained an amputation to his right index finger.
An employee was unloading a carpet pad from a truck when they fell from the truck dock to the concrete below, resulting in five fractured ribs and an injury to their left lung.
An employee was walking up a walkway to enter a building through the back entrance when she tripped over the lip of the cement ramp. The employee fell and sustained a fractured right hip.