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McDonalds

Contact with hot objects or substances · Second degree heat (thermal) burns

Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at McDonalds, 4605 Jonestown Road, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA 17109 on — Second degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.

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An employee was attempting to retrieve a cleaning rag from a fryer when her right arm suffered second degree burns, requiring hospitalization.

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