# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Tyson Poultry, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021098152` · 9/21/2021 · GREEN FOREST, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **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:** Tyson Poultry, Inc.
- **Location:** 601 E. Main St, GREEN FOREST, ARKANSAS, 72638
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 11:20 p.m. on September 21, 2021, an employee was shutting down a fryer. She noticed heated oil leaking from an open valve that was not supposed to have fluid in it. While trying to close the valve, she slipped on and landed in the hot oil. She suffered burns to her right hand, forearm, and hip and her left lower leg. She was hospitalized.

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