# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at BROWN PALACE HOTEL
> OSHA SIR `2017010463` · 1/14/2017 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
## Employer
- **Name:** BROWN PALACE HOTEL
- **Location:** 321 17TH STREET, DENVER, COLORADO, 80202
- **NAICS:** 721110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cooking at the stove. A small pan of hot oil was on a ledge above the stove. The employee reached up for the pan of hot oil and knocked it over. The hot oil spilled onto her chin and chest resulting in burns.

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