# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Rudolph Foods Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024032578` · 3/22/2024 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Part of body  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
- **Secondary source:** Hoses  except machine
## Employer
- **Name:** Rudolph Foods Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 3660 Pipestone Rd., DALLAS, TEXAS, 75212
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was transferring 450-degree cooking oil from a fryer to a holding tank. A transfer hose failed, causing the oil to splash onto the employee, who suffered severe burns. The employee was hospitalized.

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