# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at FIELDALE FARMS POULTRY, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016032362` · 3/18/2016 · MURRAYVILLE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** FIELDALE FARMS POULTRY, LLC
- **Location:** 5163 THOMPSON BRIDGE RD., MURRAYVILLE, GEORGIA, 30564
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing sanitation work when he entered the picking room.  There was fog in the room. The employee stumbled and entered a flow of steam from water that was draining out of the scalder tank. He suffered severe burns on his left leg, ankle, and foot, requiring overnight hospitalization.

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