Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Pappas Restaurants, Inc., Pappas Steakhouse, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77057
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was cutting meat with a knife when the knife cut the tip of his right thumb resulting in a partial amputation.
AmputationFinger(s), fingernail(s), unspecifiedKnives, unspecified or n.e.c.
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