# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at WestRock Company
> OSHA SIR `2020032047` · 3/3/2020 · DUBLIN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** WestRock Company
- **Location:** 709 Papermill Road, DUBLIN, GEORGIA, 31027
- **NAICS:** 322130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was priming the seal water pumps for a paper machine. The employee removed a cap and was struck by discharging hot water, suffering first- and second-degree burns to the arms and back. The employee was hospitalized.

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