Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201094497 - Employee injured when foot slipped into fryer of hot oil

Accident Summary Nr: 201094497 -- Report ID: 0950645 -- Event Date: 12/07/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300809886	12/15/2000	7389	0	American Fire Safety

Abstract: At 9:00 p.m. on December 7, 2000, Employee #1 hurt his right foot and was in the hospital for 14 days. Employee #1 is a service technician for the American Fire Safety Company. Employee #1 was changing a nozzle on a fire sprinkler, using a six-foot stepladder to get approximately three feet high. The sprinkler was over a deep fat fryer. Employee #1 put his right foot on the lip of the deep fat fryer. As he turned to get to the nozzle, his right foot slipped into the hot grease of the deep fat fryer. The fryer is on wheels and was not moved, nor was there a cover put over the hot fat fryer. Employee #1 was hospitalized for burns.

Keywords: BURN, FIRE EXT SYSTEM, STEPLADDER, SLIP, FRYER, FOOT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300809886			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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