# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Verso Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20191213105` · 12/21/2019 · WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
- **Secondary source:** Washers, bleachers, refiners-paper production
## Employer
- **Name:** Verso Corporation
- **Location:** 950 4th Avenue North, WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WISCONSIN, 54495
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting a washer when another washer sprayed him with water and hot steam, burning his back, arm, and possibly his chest. He was hospitalized.

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