# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Tyson Foods Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018054790` · 5/16/2018 · LEXINGTON, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods Inc.
- **Location:** 1500 Plum Creek Parkway, LEXINGTON, NEBRASKA, 68850
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a knife sterilizer to clean the flooring when his hand slipped off of the container, causing hot water to run down his leg and into his boot. He received burns to the right ankle.

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