# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Tyson Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020054691` · 5/20/2020 · DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 1131 Dakota Ave, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, 68731
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After processing meat, an employee put his left hand into a sterilizer. His inner rubber glove had come off when he removed his outer cotton glove, and the sterilizer's hot water burned his hand and fingers.

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