A fast food worker has been hospitalized after reportedly reaching into a hot fryer for an earbud.
WTRF reports a female employee at a McDonald’s restaurant in Martins Ferry, Ohio, was injured when she put her hand into hot grease on Monday, Dec. 29. Officials said she dropped a wireless headphone earbud and was trying to retrieve it.
According to WKRC, Martins Ferry EMS responded to the scene after a call said a woman suffered burns to her hand. Emergency responders took her to WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital, about five miles away in Wheeling, West Virginia.
Additional details, including the employee’s name, age, and condition, were not disclosed.
According to People magazine, the severity of her burns may depend on how long she had her hand in the hot grease. Fryers can reportedly reach upwards of 375 degrees, which can cause any level of burn.
Martins Ferry is located in eastern Ohio, about 140 miles south of Cleveland and 60 miles southwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
