# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Brinker International, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021021789` · 2/26/2021 · HOMEWOOD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
## Employer
- **Name:** Brinker International, Inc.
- **Location:** 17928 Halsted Street, HOMEWOOD, ILLINOIS, 60430
- **NAICS:** 722110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cooking food in a deep fryer. As the employee took the basket out of the fryer, he bumped a pan of hot grease that was sitting on the side of another fryer. Hot grease spilled onto the employee, resulting in second-degree burns on the right forearm and hand.

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