# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Darling Ingredients, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2016042883` · 4/6/2016 · STARKE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Food products, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Darling Ingredients, Inc.
- **Location:** 11313 SE 52nd Ave, STARKE, FLORIDA, 32091
- **NAICS:** 311613
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking by a 260 J raw cooker containing oil, grease, and solid food for chicken feed when the cooker built up pressure, causing the door to pop open. Hot food splashed out and contacted the employee's chest, resulting in chest burns. The employee was hospitalized.

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