# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Dannon Company Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088677` · 8/22/2018 · MINSTER, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Dannon Company Inc.
- **Location:** 216 Southgate Drive, MINSTER, OHIO, 45865
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 22, 2018, an employee of Industrial Machining Services was replacing a valve on the tank cluster in an isolated work area. After the employee finished welding on the tank outlet cluster, the employee began to assemble the valve when an unknown hot water line sprayed the employee in the arm, resulting in second and third burns and a hospitalization.

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