Flight attendant report regarding injury when removing meals from oven on board an S80.

Attributes
ACN	426219
Time
Date	199812
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : ord
State Reference	IL
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	426219
Person 2
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

As I was loading the hot oven rack with meals into cart, I misjudged the space and burned the inner side of left arm with the oven rack below my elbow. Was second degree burn and medical in ord took care of it. No other medical services were required.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT REGARDING INJURY WHEN REMOVING MEALS FROM OVEN ON BOARD AN S80.

Narrative: AS I WAS LOADING THE HOT OVEN RACK WITH MEALS INTO CART, I MISJUDGED THE SPACE AND BURNED THE INNER SIDE OF L ARM WITH THE OVEN RACK BELOW MY ELBOW. WAS SECOND DEG BURN AND MEDICAL IN ORD TOOK CARE OF IT. NO OTHER MEDICAL SVCS WERE REQUIRED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.