# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at International Paper Company
> OSHA SIR `2019043920` · 4/17/2019 · OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA
## 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:** Liquids, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** International Paper Company
- **Location:** 2449 Stagecoach Road, OGLETHORPE, GEORGIA, 31068
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were checking to see if an automatic valve to a condensate line was operable. When air was applied, the valve opened and hot condensate went to the U-drain. An employee was standing on the U-drain and sustained second degree thermal burns on the calf and buttocks.

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