Contact with hot objects or substances · Second degree heat (thermal) burns
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Chipotle Mexican Grill, 1418 66th Street North, SAINT PETERSBURG, FLORIDA 33710
on — Second degree heat (thermal) burns, affecting the multiple trunk locations.
Final narrative
An employee was prepping rice using a pot cooker. Upon picking up the pot cooker, boiling water spilled onto the employee, resulting in second-degree burns to the chest and abdomen.
An employee was retrieving an item from the top shelf in a walk-in refrigerator when they fell from a step stool to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured left ankle.
An employee was carrying pans of prepared food from the prep area to the walk-in cooler. While in the walk-in cooler, the employee fell off a ladder to the ground, striking their head. The employee was hospitalized with contusions to their neck and back.
On 12/5/2020, an employee was cleaning a patio when her feet got caught in a water hose, causing her to fall and suffer an L2 vertebral compression fracture in her back.
An employee was on the second step of a step stool replacing grill hood filters when the employee fell. The employee's arm landed in a fryer containing hot cooking oil, resulting in burns on their right hand, arm, stomach, and back.
An employee connected a steam line to a hose to clean equipment when the fitting broke loose. They were struck by steam in the left inner thigh, resulting in burns that required hospitalization.
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.
An employee had turned off the ball valve on a waterpipe system and was removing the plug when the coupling system attached to the strainer came apart. Hot water sprayed on his arm and back, resulting in first- and second-degree burns that required surgery.
An employee was using a shovel to remove waste vermiculite from molten zinc. The metal had been placed in a bin and partially hardened. The employee broke through the partially hardened metal; still-molten metal flowed to the employee's steel-toed right boot and entered through the cloth boot tongue. The employee suffered a third-degree burn to the right foot and was hospitalized.
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