# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Whataburger
> OSHA SIR `2024054384` · 5/19/2024 · CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **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:** Whataburger
- **Location:** 2402 South Padre Island Drive, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, 78415
- **NAICS:** 722513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting the backplate on one of the fryers when hot grease splattered, causing burns to his forearms. The employee was hospitalized.

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