# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Jolly Jorts LLC
> OSHA SIR `2019099203` · 9/5/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Alcoholic beverages
## Employer
- **Name:** Jolly Jorts LLC
- **Location:** 941 W 18th Street, HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77008
- **NAICS:** 722410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on an elevated walkway. When the employee opened a manway cover, wort boiled over from a brewery kettle, hitting the employee on the chest and abdomen. The employee suffered first-degree burns on the chest and abdomen, second-degree burns on the left arm, and third-degree burns on the abdomen.

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