# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Midwest Foods Manufacturing, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022032869` · 3/31/2022 · FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS
## 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 tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Midwest Foods Manufacturing, Inc.
- **Location:** 11359 Franklin Ave, FRANKLIN PARK, ILLINOIS, 60131
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had removed the oil bin from a fryer and was spraying cleaner on the outside of the fryer. The employee tripped on the oil bin and fell backward into the bin of hot oil, suffering burns to a forearm, the lower back, and the buttocks.

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