Garden Fresh Restaurant Corp.

Contact with hot objects or substances — Second degree heat (thermal) burns — THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Garden Fresh Restaurant Corp. in THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS
Employer Garden Fresh Restaurant Corp. Report ID 2015096474
Address 1717 Lake Woodlands Pkwy. City, State ZIP THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS 77380
Event Date September 3, 2015 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Second degree heat (thermal) burns Body Part Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
Event Type Contact with hot objects or substances Source of Injury Soups, sauces, gravies
Industry (NAICS) 722511 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 30.16000, -95.45000

Incident Narrative

An employee was heating a bag of soup. As she pulled the bag of soup from the kettle containing hot water, the bag of soup broke, causing first and second degree burns on her torso and left arm. She was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On September 3, 2015, a worker at Garden Fresh Restaurant Corp. in THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS suffered second degree heat (thermal) burns to the multiple body parts, n.e.c.. The incident was classified as contact with hot objects or substances, with soups, sauces, gravies identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

OSHA has recorded 1,849 severe injury reports involving "Contact with hot objects or substances" incidents in our database. Browse all Contact with hot objects or substances injuries.

See all reports for Garden Fresh Restaurant Corp..

Similar Incidents

Other severe injury reports involving Contact with hot objects or substances events:

Date Employer Location Nature Outcome
Oct 22, 2024 GPS Hospitalities Partners 3 LLC. ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA Thermal burns degree unspecified Hosp.
Jan 6, 2023 K M Plant Services KINCAID, ILLINOIS Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified Hosp.
Jun 6, 2018 Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC ZACHARY, LOUISIANA Second degree heat (thermal) burns Hosp.
Feb 27, 2021 Evans Chemetics, LP WATERLOO, NEW YORK Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns Hosp.
Jun 24, 2019 HydroChemPSC LONGVIEW, TEXAS Second degree heat (thermal) burns Hosp.
Aug 4, 2017 USA Hauling & Recylcing, Inc. ENFIELD, CONNECTICUT Second degree heat (thermal) burns Hosp.
Mar 14, 2017 PRECISION INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE, INC. SAUGET, ILLINOIS Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified Hosp.
Jul 4, 2022 Rocky Lakes Golf Course SPRINGFIELD, OHIO Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified Hosp.