Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Olive Garden Italian Restaurant, 26000 Harvard Road, BEACHWOOD, OHIO 44122
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was dislodging a potato from a food processor when the blade lacerated their finger, resulting in a partial amputation.
HospitalizedAmputation Other finger(s) n.e.c. Mixers, blenders, whippers food and beverage
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