# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Georgia Pacific MDF Plant, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017043471` · 4/18/2017 · MONTICELLO, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Georgia Pacific MDF Plant, LLC
- **Location:** 791 GEORGIA PACIFIC ROAD, MONTICELLO, GEORGIA, 31064
- **NAICS:** 321918
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to remove an RTD (thermometer) from a hot oil pipe to replace it and was splashed with hot oil on his face and arms resulting in first and second degree burns. The machine was not locked out/tagged out at the time.

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