# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023010795` · 1/25/2023 · BROOKSVILLE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower extremities, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet
- **Source:** Broiling and frying equipment and appliances
- **Secondary source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
## Employer
- **Name:** Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
- **Location:** 1230 South Broad Street, BROOKSVILLE, FLORIDA, 34601
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On January 25, 2023,at 9:15 a.m., an employee was cleaning a fryer full of hot oil. As they adjusted a section above the fryer, they slipped and their left leg went into the fryer, resulting in burns that required hospitalization.

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