OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221473283

MCK ENTERPRISES

OXNARD, CA· 2021-12-30T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Burn, Cook, Engineering Controls, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Food Handling, Food Preparation, Food service, High Temperature, Hot Water, Lack of Engineering Controls, Leg, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Safety Shoe, Slip, Slippery Surface, Temperature, Valve, Water
NAICS: 445230
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345795496
Employer profile: MCK ENTERPRISES
Summary number: 221473283
Report ID: 0950643

Event description

Employee incurs burns in fall into boiling drainage water

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on December 30, 2021, an employee who worked as a Cook at a market was returning from lunch to his work area. The employee found the work area flooded with approximately 2 inches of boiling drainage water because the drain valve was left open. On the way to turn the drain valve off, the employee slipped and fell into the boiling water. The employee burned his right arm, back, legs and buttocks and was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 56 M

Event type
4

Occupation code
436

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