# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Purina Animal Nutrition
> OSHA SIR `2016053934` · 5/9/2016 · UNION CENTER, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors-nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Boilers
## Employer
- **Name:** Purina Animal Nutrition
- **Location:** 654 Bridge Street, UNION CENTER, WISCONSIN, 53962
- **NAICS:** 311511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance work on a boiler and received second and third degree burns to the left arm and chest.

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