# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Darling Ingredients Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018032914` · 3/26/2018 · EAST DUBLIN, GEORGIA
## 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:** Water
- **Secondary source:** Existing floor opening
## Employer
- **Name:** Darling Ingredients Inc.
- **Location:** 508 U.S. Highway 80 East, EAST DUBLIN, GEORGIA, 31027
- **NAICS:** 311613
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking away from a screw conveyor when his right foot stepped into a square floor drain opening. While his foot was in the floor drain, hot water (140 degrees Fahrenheit) flowed into the opening and onto his right foot, causing second degree burns.

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