# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Foley Cellulose, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2017043028` · 4/4/2017 · PERRY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors-nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** Foley Cellulose, LLC
- **Location:** 1 Buckeye Drive, PERRY, FLORIDA, 32348
- **NAICS:** 322110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking a pulp sample from a washer when steam from the shower header (used to spray over the pulp to clean) caused second and third degree burns to her right arm and hand.

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