# First degree heat (thermal) burns at Motts, LLP / DBA Dr. Pepper Snapple Group
> OSHA SIR `2019065989` · 6/13/2019 · CARTERET, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** First degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Motts, LLP / DBA Dr. Pepper Snapple Group
- **Location:** 1200 Milik St., CARTERET, NEW JERSEY, 07008
- **NAICS:** 312111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a filter screen while cleaning a line for a flavor change when hot water sprayed out from the pressurized filter and contacted the employee. The employee was hospitalized with first degree burns to the torso, arms, and upper legs.

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