# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse
> OSHA SIR `2020077076` · 7/27/2020 · BOULDER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c.
- **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:** BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse
- **Location:** 1690 28th St, BOULDER, COLORADO, 80301
- **NAICS:** 722511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on the ledge of a piece of fryer equipment, changing the vent filters above the hood. Her right foot slipped into the hot oil, and she suffered third-degree burns to the calf, ankle, and foot.

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