Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221412208

EL POLLO LOCO HOLDINGS, INC. STORE 5477

Event
Cook, Knife, Restaurant, Stabbed, Workplace Violence
NAICS
722513
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#345644611
Employer profile
EL POLLO LOCO HOLDINGS, INC. STORE 5477
Summary number
221412208
Report ID
0950635

Event description

Employee is stabbed with knife or sharp object and incurs wo

Investigation abstract

At approximately 7:45 p.m. on November 5, 2021, an employee who was a cook at the site was on his 30-minute dinner break. The employee went to sit under a tree in the shopping center parking lot behind the restaurant about 20-25 yards from the rear of the restaurant building. According to the police report, an unidentified male stabbed the employee in the back, but there were no witnesses. The employee was hospitalized to treat stab wounds with a knife or sharp object.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 21 M

    Event type
    1
    Occupation code
    437

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