Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221463011

TEMPURA FOOD MANAGEMENT INC.

Event
Burn, Burner, Buttocks, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Hot Water, Pelvis, Thigh, Tripped, Walking Backward
NAICS
722511
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345966162
Employer profile
TEMPURA FOOD MANAGEMENT INC.
Summary number
221463011
Report ID
0626600

Event description

Employee is killed when trips and falls into pot of boiling

Investigation abstract

At 5:30 p.m. on April 16, 2022, an employee was moving a pot from a burner. While walking backwards, the employee tripped and fell backwards in a sitting position into another pot of boiling water that had been placed on the floor. The employee suffered burns to the lower back, buttocks, pelvis and upper thighs and was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 66 M

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    436

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