I followed a link about the worst kitchen accidents, and the one I recall is a guy standing on some surface, cleaning above it, and side-steps one step too far into the still hot fryer.
I worked at McD’s in the late 70”s while in college. One of the guys slipped and sunk his hand into the deep fryer halfway up to his elbow. I was standing right next to him. Fortunately the big ice maker was only two steps away. As quick as he pulled his arm out, I grabbed his elbow with one hand, opened the ice bin door with the other and shoved his arm right into the ice. It all happened in fractions of seconds. Surprised us both that no damage was done.