Incident date: 2024-06-12
NAICS industry code: 445110

An employee was removing hot oil from a fryer. The employee was using a small plastic bucket to move oil from the fryer to a larger bucket. The oil melted through the bucket and spilled onto the employee's legs and feet causing first- and second-degree burns to both legs and feet. The employee was hospitalized.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Contact with hot objects or substances
code_source: title: Fats, oils, cooking greases
code_nature: title: Thermal burns  second degree
code_body: title: Foot(feet) and leg(s)  n.e.c.
severity: moderate