Contact with hot objects or substances · Thermal burns degree unspecified
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Six Flags Over Georgia, 275 Riverside Parkway, AUSTELL, GEORGIA 30168
on — Thermal burns degree unspecified, affecting the Hand(s) and finger(s).
Final narrative
On April 4, 2024, an employee's hand went into a fryer filled with grease resulting in burns to her entire left hand and fingers.
Hospitalized Hand(s) and finger(s) Fats, oils, cooking greases
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An employee was performing maintenance under a kettle. When he removed a tri-clamp on a transfer line, the hot fat and broth material in the kettle poured out onto his arm. The employee was hospitalized with burns.
After completing a run with an oil distributor truck, an employee was working to return (suction) the hot oil to the tank of the truck. When the employee opened one of the valves, hot oil (approximately 385 degrees) sprayed their face, resulting in first-, second-, and third-degree burns.
An employee was filtering a fryer with a fryer filter machine. After going around the corner and then returning to the fryers, the employee stepped into the filter machine. The hot oil burned the employee's right ankle, and the employee was hospitalized.
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