# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Sensient Flavors LLC
> OSHA SIR `2016054507` · 5/23/2016 · JUNEAU, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Food products, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sensient Flavors LLC
- **Location:** 330 Mill street, JUNEAU, WISCONSIN, 53039
- **NAICS:** 311930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was setting up a vessel to be cleaned. When the employee opened up a sample port on the vessel, he was sprayed with yeast extract, suffering first and second degree burns to his torso and upper legs.

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