# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Kroger
> OSHA SIR `2024032820` · 3/29/2024 · MARTINEZ, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s)  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:** Kroger
- **Location:** 4115 Columbia Rd., MARTINEZ, GEORGIA, 30907
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning around a deli fryer and her right hand and arm got burned when retrieving a paper towel from the fryer oil.

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