# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Gordon Biersch Brewery Resturant
> OSHA SIR `2017021020` · 2/1/2017 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
## Employer
- **Name:** Gordon Biersch Brewery Resturant
- **Location:** 900 F St., NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20004
- **NAICS:** 722110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was draining hot cooking oil from three deep fryers. When the hot oil was placed into a 6-gallon pot, it reacted and overflowed, contacting and burning the employee's right hand and forearm.

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