# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida
> OSHA SIR `2019077668` · 7/26/2019 · BELLE GLADE, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Nonstructural fire, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Boilers
## Employer
- **Name:** Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida
- **Location:** 1500 George Wedgworth Way, BELLE GLADE, FLORIDA, 33430
- **NAICS:** 311314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While an employee was cleaning around boilers, a blast of fire came through an open observation door of a boiler. The employee sustained second degree burns to the back of his hands, arms, neck, and face.

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