# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Noodles and Company
> OSHA SIR `2015096988` · 9/22/2015 · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, neck, and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Noodles and Company
- **Location:** 6430 E State ST, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61101
- **NAICS:** 722513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a pasta cooker when a wheel on the pasta cooker hit a floor drain grate resulting in hot water spilling onto the employee.  The employee suffered second degree burns to the head, neck, back and face and was hospitalized.

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