Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse, 14245 W Colfax Ave, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80401
on — Amputations, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a double burner when it fell and crushed their right middle finger, resulting in a partial amputation.
An employee was using a two-step ladder and turned to face the opposite direction to look at items on an upper shelf. As he descended, he slipped off the ladder and fell to the floor. The employee sustained a broken right hip.
An employee was discarding fryer oil into a bin by the dumpsters when oil spilled onto him, burning his right ear, face, chest, back, left arm, and left leg.
An employee was on the ledge of a piece of fryer equipment, changing the vent filters above the hood. Her right foot slipped into the hot oil, and she suffered third-degree burns to the calf, ankle, and foot.
An employee was standing on a step stool and attempting to grab an empty pot from on top of an oven when the step stool collapsed and slipped out from under her feet. As she was falling to the ground, her left hand grabbed a pot of boiling water from a stove below, spilling the contents on her body. She suffered third degree burns to her stomach, chest, left arm, elbow, and left hand.
An employee was unloading 30-foot 2-inch barrels from a pan holding about 20 barrels. The barrels tipped over, striking and breaking both of the employee's lower legs.
An employee was in a sandblasting area, preparing the surface of a plate heat exchanger frame for painting. The frame fell on the employee, who suffered fractures to vertebrae, the neck, pelvis, and rib cage; and punctured lungs.
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 delivering materials. He was doing his pre-delivery inspection on the roof of the jobsite (a warehouse) when he fell through a plexiglass skylight. He landed on his feet on the concrete floor 14 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his spine, left ulnar/radius, and right heel. The employee required surgery.
An employee was removing packaging from a roll of printing substrate. The blade of their utility knife got stuck. The employee used both hands to free the knife and the blade partially amputated their left little fingertip.
A concrete batch plant operator was assisting with clearing spoil piles using a skid steer. The skid steer backed into a stationary screen plant. The employee's left little finger was crushed between the controls of the skid steer and the screen plant, resulting in a fracture and laceration. The employee's finger was surgically amputated.
An employee was standing on an extension ladder, using a torquing tool to remove bolts that secured blades to a rotor. When the torquing tool activated, its reaction arm came around and pinched the employee's right middle finger against a lifting eye. His fingertip was amputated.