# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at WESTROCK COATED BOARD, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019076799` · 7/7/2019 · COTTONTON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and wrist(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** WESTROCK COATED BOARD, LLC
- **Location:** 145 Highway 165 South, COTTONTON, ALABAMA, 36851
- **NAICS:** 322130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was assisting on a refiner in a paperboard mill. While his hand was in a drain, a valve was opened and hot water splashed onto and severely burned his right hand and wrist.

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