# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at American Crystal Sugar
> OSHA SIR `2018021854` · 2/23/2018 · HILLSBORO, NORTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Food products, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** American Crystal Sugar
- **Location:** 121 Highway 81 NE, HILLSBORO, NORTH DAKOTA, 58045
- **NAICS:** 311313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee received second degree burns to both feet after walking through a containment of hot (190 degrees) beet juice from a process disruption.

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