Direct exposure to electricity unspecified · Electrocution, electric shock
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Olive Garden Italian Restaurant, 1315 West North Avenue, MELROSE PARK, ILLINOIS 60160
on — Electrocution, electric shock, affecting the BODY SYSTEMS .
Final narrative
An employee was shocked while turning on a circuit breaker for a dishwasher that needed repair. The employee was hospitalized.
Hospitalized BODY SYSTEMS Switchboards, panels, fuses
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 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.
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 working to start an aerator machine on the front lawn of the customer's property. They pulled the starter cord of the machine and sustained an electrical shock to their right arm/hand.
An employee was adjusting the height of an ultraviolet (UV) lamp. She was electrocuted by the UV machine. She sustained burns on her left hand and an entry wound on the right forearm. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was connecting two wires when his rubber insulated gloves failed and he suffered an electric shock to his right hand, resulting in an electrical burn.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 722511)
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 changing a die in a press when the die slipped and crushed the employee's left index finger. The employee sustained an open facture of the tuft of the left distal phalanx and a partial amputation.
An employee was driving a boom lift (in the lowered position) in an exterior dock area. The lift s left wheels rolled onto base plates that covered a 3-foot-deep sump pit. The base plates failed, and one side of the lift dropped. The employee's left leg was caught under the lift basket, and he suffered a fracture to the lower leg including the ankle.