This little girl has suffered burns to over 50 percent of her body after a restaurant worker bumped into her and spilled boiling hot oil over her.

The shocking incident took place at a restaurant in the city of Florencio Varela in the eastern Argentine province of Buenos Aires.

According to the three-year-old victim’s mother Graciela, the girl, named Briana, got up from the table to go to the toilet at the same time a worker came out of the kitchen carrying a pan with boiling oil.

The pair collided and little Briana was covered in the boiling hot oil. Restaurant workers reportedly threw a bucket of cold water on the screaming girl while waiting for the emergency services to arrive.

Briana was taken to a nearby hospital and was later transferred to the Children’s Hospital in the city of La Plata for specialist treatment.

Varying local reports said the tot suffered burns covering up to 54 percent of her body. Images of the girl in hospital show her covered in bandages except for her left leg.

Graciela said: “Her whole face, neck, and arms are burned. It breaks my heart to see her like this.”

The mother also complained that the owner of the restaurant has not called her over the incident, saying: “They still haven’t contacted me or even apologised.”

Graciela, who is unemployed, and her husband, a local bricklayer, have launched a crowdfunding campaign to help them with their daughter’s ongoing medical costs.

The mother said she has filed a complaint with the police and she staged a protest in the city to demand justice for little Briana on 18th April.