# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `20161111059` · 11/27/2016 · TUCKER, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION
- **Location:** 3367 Montreal Industrial Way, TUCKER, GEORGIA, 30084
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was calibrating the temperature for steam on a kettle. His coworker did not know he was calibrating the kettle and poured the hot water out of the kettle, splashing the employee's leg and causing second degree burns that required hospitalization.

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