Contact with hot objects or substances · Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers, 19110 Stone Oak Parkway, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78258
on — Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified, affecting the multiple arm locations, unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was transferring hot oil from one fryer to another to level out the oil in the fryers. While pouring oil, some of it hit the divider bar and splashed onto the employee's lower and upper right arm resulting in burns.
HospitalizedMultiple arm locations, unspecifiedFats, oils, cooking greases
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An employee was making tea when she noticed tea grinds were collecting on the side and water was no longer dripping through the funnel. The employee was checking the funnel when boiling water and tea grinds spilled onto the left side of her body. The employee sustained burns to her neck, back, and arm.
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