Fall on same level due to slip or trip · Fractures and soft tissue injuries
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Olive Garden Italian Restaurant, 5529 South Lindbergh Boulevard, AFFTON, MISSOURI 63123
on — Fractures and soft tissue injuries, affecting the Knee(s).
Final narrative
An employee slipped on a piece of onion and fell to the floor, suffering a broken right kneecap and torn tendons in the right knee. The employee was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Knee(s) Other constructed surface
More severe injuries at Olive Garden Italian Restaurant
An employee was carrying a pot of hot water through the kitchen when they tripped and hot water spilled onto their left hand and arm, resulting in burns.
An employee was in the kitchen area of the restaurant when she bumped into another employee and fell to the ground. She was hospitalized with two leg fractures and one foot fracture.
An employee walked into the kitchen and slipped on flattened cardboard boxes that were on the floor. The employee fell on the floor and dislocated their right hip.
An employee was installing fence posts when they stepped into a recently dug hole that was not visible due to rainfall. The employee's leg was fractured.
The injured employee was standing behind a table. She jumped out to scare another employee, but tripped and fell on the tile floor, injuring her right ankle/foot. She was hospitalized with a dislocated ankle that required surgery.
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.
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 readjusting a safety hook to remove hardware from gang forms when his feet slipped. He fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left arm and wrist.
An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
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