# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at American Proteins, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088382` · 8/15/2018 · HANCEVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
- **Secondary source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** American Proteins, Inc.
- **Location:** 1170 County Rd 508, HANCEVILLE, ALABAMA, 35077
- **NAICS:** 311613
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in a grinding room, cleaning out a common line connected to two fat pumps. When he opened the inspection door on one of the pumps, hot fat blew into his face. He suffered second-degree burns to the face, both arms, the chest, the upper back, the neck, and the top of the head.

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