# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Tyson Foods Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017099221` · 9/26/2017 · SEGUIN, TEXAS
## 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:** Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods Inc.
- **Location:** 1200 W Kingsbury Street, SEGUIN, TEXAS, 78155
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was standing on a feather deck platform checking the feather meal when a coworker opened the wrong feather cooker door. The heat from the open door caused second and third degree burns to the employee's right arm, face, and back.

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