Kitchen worker suffers severe scalds after stepping into hot oil

A 36-year-old kitchen worker suffered severe scalds after stepping into a container of hot oil while cleaning a deep fryer at a restaurant in Hall in Tirol, ORF reported.

The accident happened shortly after 10 p.m. on Thursday. The worker and a 47-year-old colleague had drained the oil into a container, set it on the floor and begun cleaning the fryer.

Emergency medical staff treated the man at the scene before taking him to Innsbruck Clinic.