# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Taco Bell
> OSHA SIR `2018055090` · 5/24/2018 · FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire
- **Source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
## Employer
- **Name:** Taco Bell
- **Location:** 4135 13th Avenue South, FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, 58103
- **NAICS:** 722513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a deep fryer when a lighter fell out of the employee's shirt pocket into the fryer. The hot oil melted the casing on the lighter causing a fire and explosion of the hot oil that  resulted in burns to the employee's face and neck.

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