# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Filet of Chicken
> OSHA SIR `2017043121` · 4/6/2017 · FOREST PARK, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple leg locations, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
## Employer
- **Name:** Filet of Chicken
- **Location:** 146 Forest Parkway, FOREST PARK, GEORGIA, 30297
- **NAICS:** 424420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee opened a valve to remove hot oil from a fryer. The hot oil then splashed him, causing second degree burns to his upper and lower left leg and minor burns to his face.

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