Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing · Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Texas Roadhouse, 100 Texas 332 West, LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS 77566
on — Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified, affecting the Other finger(s) n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was cleaning a cheese slicer. The slicer caused an amputation to a finger on the employee's right hand.
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