# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at The Western Sugar Cooperative
> OSHA SIR `2019022034` · 2/23/2019 · FORT MORGAN, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** The Western Sugar Cooperative
- **Location:** 18317 Highway 144, FORT MORGAN, COLORADO, 80701
- **NAICS:** 311313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing filter bags on a pan water filter. As the employee was form-fitting the filter to the basket, 200-degree water flowed into the employee's glove, causing second degree burns (and a subsequent infection) to the employee's left wrist/hand.

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