# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at PROTEIN SOLUTIONS, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019077115` · 7/14/2019 · JOPLIN, MISSOURI
## 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:** Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PROTEIN SOLUTIONS, LLC
- **Location:** 3800 E 32ND STREET, JOPLIN, MISSOURI, 64804
- **NAICS:** 333294
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee opened a pressurized heat exchanger to conduct maintenance. The employee sustained second degree burns on the torso and was also burned on both arms.

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