# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Wise Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017098859` · 9/15/2017 · BERWICK, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
## Employer
- **Name:** Wise Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 228 Raseley Street, BERWICK, PENNSYLVANIA, 18603
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a heat exchanger when the filter for the drain line overflowed with a water/oil mix and exploded on the employee. He sustained burns to his upper body and knee.

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