# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Peco Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025021111` · 2/4/2025 · CANTON, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact
- **Source:** Other constructed surface
- **Secondary source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
## Employer
- **Name:** Peco Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 180 Commercial Parkway, CANTON, MISSISSIPPI, 39046
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was draining hot oil from the fryer into the floor drain and went to close the valve when they slipped and fell to the floor. They fell into hot oil that overflowed from the drain, resulting in burns to 45% of their body.

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