Incident date: 2024-06-28
NAICS industry code: 623110

An employee was trying to extinguish a fire caused by a pot of melting butter/grease left on the stove. The butter boiled over and caught fire inside the pot. The employee placed a sheet pan on top while a fire extinguisher was obtained. When the sheet pan was removed, the employee was exposed to a flash of flame that contacted her neck, face, and left arm (upper arm and forearm), resulting in second-degree burns.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fire  small-scale, limited
code_source: title: Fats, oils, cooking greases
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  second degree
code_body: title: Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
severity: moderate