# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Georgia-Pacific Brewton LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019010991` · 1/28/2019 · BREWTON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Lime
## Employer
- **Name:** Georgia-Pacific Brewton LLC
- **Location:** 32224 Hwy 31, BREWTON, ALABAMA, 36426
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sticking a rod through an inspection port to clean lime from the bucket elevator inside a lime kiln. He slipped and the rod and hot lime came out of the inspection port. The solid lime particles contacted his right forearm, causing second degree burns that required hospitalization.

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