OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221437668

PARK MGM

LAS VEGAS, NV· 2021-10-18T00:00:00

Event: Ankle, Burn, Food Preparation, Food service, Foot, Fryer, Hot Cooking Oil, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Restaurant, Slip
NAICS: 721120
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345589535
Employer profile: PARK MGM
Summary number: 221437668
Report ID: 0953220

Event description

Employee Sustains Third Degree Burns From Hot Cooking Oil

Investigation abstract

At 1:15 a.m. on October 18, 2021, an employee was working with a deep fryer in a restaurant kitchen at casino restaurant. The employee climbed on top of the deep fryer to access the vent hood filters above the fryer unit. When the employee reached for the filter, he slipped off the edge of the deep fryer and his left foot and ankle fell into the hot cooking oil. The employee received third degree burns to his left foot and ankle and was hospitalized for treatment.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 48 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
466

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