# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Kraft Heinz Company
> OSHA SIR `20191010258` · 10/1/2019 · GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors-nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** Kraft Heinz Company
- **Location:** 2901 Missouri Ave, GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS, 62040
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At about 3:30 p.m. on October 1, 2019, a processing blender was changing a soft-drink-making system over from clean-in-place to production. After he broke the line, the system discharged cool water (due to condensation), then steam. He suffered first- and second-degree burns to the chest and back and was hospitalized.

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