Fall on same level due to slipping · Second degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Portillo's Hot Dogs, LLC, 1060 S. Frontenac St., AURORA, ILLINOIS 60504
on — Second degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the forearm(s).
Final narrative
An employee was walking through the gravy cooler when he slipped. His left hand went into one of the pots containing hot gravy. The employee was hospitalized with second degree burns to the left forearm and blisters.
While washing the inside of the walk-in cooler, an employee slipped on ice and fell to the floor. He was hospitalized with a back injury and a cut on an eyebrow.
On December 27, 2019, at 10:36 AM, an employee threw hot water or gravy onto the injured employee's back, causing second degree burns that required hospitalization.
An employee was working in the forest flagging an area to be harvested. He took a step and his foot slipped on a stick hidden under the leaves, causing him to fall to the ground. He landed on his right foot/lower leg resulting in a fractured tibia.
An employee was inspecting an apartment to ensure it was ready for a new resident to move in. The carpet in the apartment had been recently cleaned and was still wet. As the employee went from the carpet to the tiled floor of the bathroom, they slipped and fell, resulting in a torn left hamstring.
An employee was delivering a letter along a rural carrier route when she stepped on an ice-covered snow drift, slipped, and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a right hip fracture that required surgery.
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