Incident date: 2024-10-17
NAICS industry code: 623311

On October 17, 2025, at approximately 12:17 PM, an employee was standing in front of the grill with the green cutting board in his hand. As he moved to the right, he jostled the pan of butter which dripped onto the back of the grill causing it to flame up. At this point his vape pen combusted and exploded upwards into the metal ceiling causing a cylinder-shaped indentation. The employee's chef coat caught on fire, resulting in first- and second-degree burns to his forearms as well as burns to his mouth, nose, and hands.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fire  small-scale, limited
code_source: title: Cooking and food-warming machinery  except pressurized
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  second degree
code_body: title: Forearm(s)
severity: moderate