# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Publix Supermarket
> OSHA SIR `2024076840` · 7/28/2024 · FORT MYERS, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Frying and pressurized cooking equipment, appliances
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix Supermarket
- **Location:** 4600 Summerlin Road, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, 33919
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a ladder cleaning a fryer hood when his left foot contacted the fryer. The employee sustained burns to their left ankle.

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