# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Imperial Sugar
> OSHA SIR `2015086177` · 8/26/2015 · PORT WENTWORTH, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Imperial Sugar
- **Location:** 201 Oxnard Drive, PORT WENTWORTH, GEORGIA, 31407
- **NAICS:** 311312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee, a char-house operator, was washing sugar off the floor around filter-top #15.  He tripped over a hose and fell to the floor.  Hot water (180 degrees F) from the hose got into his elbow-length gloves.  His back was burned when he fell backwards.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*