# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Snak-King Corp.
> OSHA SIR `2017032734` · 3/25/2017 · FREEPORT, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
- **Secondary source:** Pumps
## Employer
- **Name:** Snak-King Corp.
- **Location:** 3133 Industrial Dr, FREEPORT, ILLINOIS, 61032
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee and a coworker were using an air-operated diaphragm pump and hose to transfer hot cooking oil from a fryer into a travel tote. 
The employees made the connections, turned on the air supply to the pump, and commenced pumping. After a few minutes, the discharge hose split due to the temperature of the oil (approximately 250 degrees) allowing the oil to splash the employee. He suffered third degree burns on his hands, abdomen, groin, and lower extremities.

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