Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221437262

CHEDDAR'S SCRATCH KITCHEN

Event
Back, Cook, Freezer Compartment, Manual Mat Handling, Material Handling, Physical Therapy, Restaurant, Unloading
NAICS
722511
Inspection type
Referral
Activity number
#345782270
Employer profile
CHEDDAR'S SCRATCH KITCHEN
Summary number
221437262
Report ID
0626700

Event description

Employee experiences back pain while unloading truck

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on February 1, 2022, an employee was working as a cook at a full-service restaurant. He was unloading a truck and organizing boxes of material in the restaurant's freezer. He experienced back pain and asked the manager for an early dismissal. The employee went home, and his family took him to the hospital. He was admitted to the hospital for surgery. After an MRI scan, though, the employee was advised to perform physical therapy and not to undergo surgery. The employee was released from the hospital two days later.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 35 M

    Event type
    11
    Occupation code
    436

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