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Brinker International, Inc.

Contact with hot objects or substances — Second degree heat (thermal) burns — HOMEWOOD, ILLINOIS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Brinker International, Inc. in HOMEWOOD, ILLINOIS
Employer Brinker International, Inc. Report ID 2021021789
Address 17928 Halsted Street City, State ZIP HOMEWOOD, ILLINOIS 60430
Event Date February 26, 2021 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Second degree heat (thermal) burns Body Part Hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.
Event Type Contact with hot objects or substances Source of Injury Fats, oils, cooking greases
Industry (NAICS) 722110 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 41.56000, -87.63000

Incident Narrative

An employee was cooking food in a deep fryer. As the employee took the basket out of the fryer, he bumped a pan of hot grease that was sitting on the side of another fryer. Hot grease spilled onto the employee, resulting in second-degree burns on the right forearm and hand.

Incident Summary

On February 26, 2021, a worker at Brinker International, Inc. in HOMEWOOD, ILLINOIS suffered second degree heat (thermal) burns to the hand(s) and arm(s), n.e.c.. The incident was classified as contact with hot objects or substances, with fats, oils, cooking greases identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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