# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Hormel Foods Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019099295` · 9/6/2019 · TUCKER, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Hormel Foods Corporation
- **Location:** 3367 Montreal Industrial Way, TUCKER, GEORGIA, 30084
- **NAICS:** 424420
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was washing the oven room. When she turned on a heated water hose, her left leg was sprayed with 180-degree water causing second and third degree burns.

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