# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Gold Creek Foods, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024043711` · 4/29/2024 · GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck and shoulder
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
- **Secondary source:** Frying and pressurized cooking equipment, appliances
## Employer
- **Name:** Gold Creek Foods, LLC
- **Location:** 2255 White Sulphur Road, GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA, 30501
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At around 7:45 AM, an employee was troubleshooting a blockage in the pipeline that circulates oil from the fryer to the oil filter machine. Pressurized air in the system caused the oil within the pipeline to surge back into the enclosed fryer. Oil then sprayed through small openings in the fryer and burned the employee. The employee was hospitalized with burns to the back of the neck and upper shoulders.

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