# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019088868` · 8/26/2019 · RINCON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Source, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Georgia-Pacific Consumer Operations LLC
- **Location:** 437 Old Augusta Road South, RINCON, GEORGIA, 31326
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in the process of unclogging a drain valve on a paper machine stock refiner when the pulp material inside the valve sprayed out. The temperature of the pulp material was approximately 140 to 200 degrees Fahrenheit. The employee sustained second degree burns to his left hand.

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