# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Darling Ingredients
> OSHA SIR `2018065648` · 6/9/2018 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors-nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** Darling Ingredients
- **Location:** 5701 York Street, DENVER, COLORADO, 80216
- **NAICS:** 311613
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking equipment and adjusting lines. As the employee was unplugging a plugged line that uses steam, a handle was bumped releasing steam condensate (300 degrees) that struck the employee's chest causing a second degree burn.

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