Fall on same level, n.e.c. · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Valley Markets, Inc., 1950 32nd Avenue South, GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58201
on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was frying donuts when she became lightheaded and fell into the fryer's hot oil, burning her right arm and hand. The fryer was uncovered at the time.
HospitalizedHand(s) and arm(s), unspecifiedFloor, n.e.c.
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