# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Interstate Paper LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021010039` · 1/4/2021 · RICEBORO, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Multiple chemicals or chemical mixtures, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Interstate Paper LLC
- **Location:** 2366 Interstate Paper Rd., RICEBORO, GEORGIA, 31323
- **NAICS:** 322130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was rodding out scale and lime material from a chute that led into a screw. A chemical reaction took place between the lime scale and the materials used in the process, and the employee suffered first- and second-degree burns to the face and arms from hot vapor.

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