OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #970921
HARDEE'S
SALT LAKE CITY, UT·
Event description
Employee's lower arm burned by hot oil
Investigation abstract
At approximately 4:30 p.m. on May 23, 1989, Employee #1 was attempting to change en to the hospital, where he was treated and released. the oil in a deep fat fryer. Before the oil can be changed, the heating element must be raised and locked in the rear position. While Employee #1 was lifting t he heating element, a drop of hot oil landed on his right arm, causing him to dr op the heating element on his left arm with enough force to cause it to be subme rged in the 350 degrees Fahrenheit oil and to fill his glove with the hot oil. T he employee was wearing protective gauntlet gloves on both hands; however, becau se of the angle of his right arm when raising the heating element, the hot oil d rop landed on the exposed skin on his bicep muscle. He was packed in ice and tak
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 17 Male
- Nature of injury
- Burn/Scald(Heat) (5)
- Part of body
- LOWER ARM (17)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- FOOD (17)
- Occupation
- Kitchen workers, food preparation (439)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- CATCH POINT/PUNCTURE ACTION (2)
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.