# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at JTEKT-KOYO
> OSHA SIR `2016010718` · 1/25/2016 · DAHLONEGA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Whole body
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
- **Source:** Tanks, bins, vats-nonconfined space
## Employer
- **Name:** JTEKT-KOYO
- **Location:** 615 Torrington Drive, DAHLONEGA, GEORGIA, 30533
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While taking measurements in the heat treatment furnace, an employee stepped onto a non-load bearing support and fell into a vat of 220-degree quench oil.  The employee suffered second and third degree burns.

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