# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at SENECA FOODS CORPORATION - VEGETABLE DIVISION
> OSHA SIR `2020109942` · 10/19/2020 · CUMBERLAND, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** SENECA FOODS CORPORATION - VEGETABLE DIVISION
- **Location:** 1055 ELM STREET, CUMBERLAND, WISCONSIN, 54829
- **NAICS:** 311421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A conveyor belt on the green bean line was slipping due to some icing on the drive motor. An employee went over to start it manually. While tugging on the belt, the employee's hand got pulled into the underside of the conveyor. The employee sustained third degree burns on his left arm and hand requiring skin grafts.

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