# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Portillo's Hot Dogs, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024032718` · 3/26/2024 · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple upper extremities locations  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Portillo's Hot Dogs, LLC
- **Location:** 6090 State Street, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61108
- **NAICS:** 722211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was placing stabilizing bars on the fryer when his arm slipped into the hot oil causing burns to his left hand, wrist, and forearm.

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