# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Producers Rice Mill
> OSHA SIR `2017065101` · 6/5/2017 · STUTTGART, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Producers Rice Mill
- **Location:** 518 E. Harrison St, STUTTGART, ARKANSAS, 72160
- **NAICS:** 493130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing the bag on a screening vat when the hot water contacted the employee, causing third degree burns.

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