# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Rip 480, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054793` · 5/28/2017 · AURORA, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
- **Secondary source:** Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Rip 480, Inc.
- **Location:** 1551 S Havana St, AURORA, COLORADO, 80012
- **NAICS:** 722211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing near a pressure cooker at the end of the cooking cycle. The pressure cooker came open and the lid hit the employee in the head. Hot oil then sprayed and burned him on the face and hand.

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