# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at The Kroger Company
> OSHA SIR `2020077211` · 7/31/2020 · AUGUSTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to slipping
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
## Employer
- **Name:** The Kroger Company
- **Location:** 2801 WASHINGTON ROAD, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, 30909
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was frying chicken when hot grease spilled from the pan. The employee slipped and fell into the hot grease, burning both legs and both forearms.

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