Small-scale (limited) fire · Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Keke's Breakfast Cafe, 9723 Eagle Creek Center Blvd, ORLANDO, FLORIDA 32832
on — Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the arm(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was working in a kitchen area when a pot caught fire. The employee suffered third-degree burns to the right arm while moving it.
An employee was standing on a bag of bentonite clay composite when it ignited and the employee's pants leg caught on fire. The employee then went to remove a gasoline can from a dual-axle trailer and sustained burns to his arms, right hand, and the right side of his abdomen.
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