# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at TRIUMPH FOODS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018032855` · 3/23/2018 · SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors-nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** TRIUMPH FOODS, INC.
- **Location:** 5302 Stockyards Expressway, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64504
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was unplugging a hydrolyzer machine when it dispensed hot steam, burning his right neck area and requiring hospitalization.

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