# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Darling Ingredients, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20181010849` · 10/20/2018 · TAMPA, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
## Employer
- **Name:** Darling Ingredients, Inc.
- **Location:** 1001 Orient Rd., TAMPA, FLORIDA, 33619
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance to a conveyor screw system that contained a cooker with hot oil when the oil splashed his right arm and shoulder, causing second degree burns. The cooker was not locked/tagged out at the time of the incident.

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