Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Texas Roadhouse, Inc., 515 N. Lexington-Springmill Road, ONTARIO, OHIO 44906
on — Fractures, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a shrimp sear plate when it fell off the cooler. The employee tried to catch it and his hand was crushed under the plate. The employee sustained fractures to four fingers on the right hand.
At about 3:30 p.m. on April 19, 2022, an employee was butterflying a filet with a steak knife. The knife lacerated his left index finger and he was hospitalized, having suffered nerve damage that required surgery.
An employee was washing a salad mix in a prep sink that was approximately 3/4 full of water when his left index finger was lacerated by a knife that had fallen into the water.
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.
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.
A person wandered through a restaurant into the kitchen area. While being escorted to the front doors by two employees, the person pulled out a sharp object and stabbed one of the employees in the lower abdomen. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was standing on a milk crate to clean the grill. The milk crate slipped and the employee's right hand fell onto the hot grill, resulting in burns to the right arm and hand.
An employee was working to deliver mail to an apartment building. She was waiting for a customer to move, to obtain clearance to the mailboxes. The door swung inward and closed on her right little finger. The top half of her finger was surgically amputated.
An employee fell from a step ladder while reaching for a tie-off point. He impacted the ground, and landed on his bolt bag which contained tools. The employee was hospitalized with fractured ribs, and a lacerated spleen and kidney.
On October 30, 2025, an employee was working to adjust a stackable metal shipping container. As the container dropped into place, it caught the employee's hands in an area between the upper and lower cross-members. The employee suffered a laceration to the left ring finger that required stitches, bruising to the right ring finger, and fractures to the right middle finger that necessitated medical amputation of the fingertip.
An employee was moving a scissor lift through a doorway. The employee was pinned between the scissor lift and the doorframe, sustained a back injury, and was hospitalized.
An employee was setting up communication equipment for a meeting. They were walking and tripped over a speaker on the ground. The employee sustained a leg injury.