# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Publix Supermarket Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019010970` · 1/27/2019 · PLANTATION, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
## Employer
- **Name:** Publix Supermarket Inc.
- **Location:** 550 N Pine Island Rd, PLANTATION, FLORIDA, 33324
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing with one foot on the end of a fryer and the other foot on another surface, while cleaning a fryer hood with a duster. The employee's right foot slipped and went into the hot oil causing second and third degree burns to the right foot.

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