# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Fromm Family Foods
> OSHA SIR `2018010150` · 1/5/2018 · MEQUON, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors-nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** Fromm Family Foods
- **Location:** 13145 N. Green Bay Rd., MEQUON, WISCONSIN, 53092
- **NAICS:** 311111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disconnecting a steam pipe that led from a building to a truck that was carrying liquid meat. When the employee disconnected the pipe, residual steam in the pipe released and caused second degree burns to the employee, requiring hospitalization.

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