# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Eurest Dining Services
> OSHA SIR `2024088079` · 8/30/2024 · UNCASVILLE, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Part of body  unspecified
- **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:** Eurest Dining Services
- **Location:** 1 Mohegan Sun Boulevard, UNCASVILLE, CONNECTICUT, 06382
- **NAICS:** 722310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking a clogged drain on a fryer. Hot grease dislodged from the fryer and burned the employee.

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