# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at KFC
> OSHA SIR `2015107518` · 10/8/2015 · AURORA, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
## Employer
- **Name:** KFC
- **Location:** 16901 E Quincy Ave, AURORA, COLORADO, 80015
- **NAICS:** 722513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking across the kitchen floor, slipped, and stepped into a hot oil filter sustaining second and third degree burns to the foot.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*