# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at American Blue Ribbon Holdings
> OSHA SIR `2017087616` · 8/9/2017 · OAK FOREST, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Bottling, canning, filling machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** American Blue Ribbon Holdings
- **Location:** 16425 S. Kilbourn, OAK FOREST, ILLINOIS, 60452
- **NAICS:** 311812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was monitoring packages being filled on a vertical form fill machine when the machine jammed. While she was trying remove the jam, the blades closed on her left hand. She suffered third degree burns and contusions on her left hand and fingers.

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