# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Louis Dreyfus Company
> OSHA SIR `20171111179` · 11/22/2017 · PORT WENTWORTH, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors-nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** Louis Dreyfus Company
- **Location:** 201 Oxnard Dr, PORT WENTWORTH, GEORGIA, 31407
- **NAICS:** 311313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting a clogged press when the clog broke loose and shot hot steam onto his legs. He suffered second degree burns to both upper legs.

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