# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Graphic Packaging International
> OSHA SIR `2021032178` · 3/12/2021 · WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Graphic Packaging International
- **Location:** 1000 Jonesboro Road, WEST MONROE, LOUISIANA, 71294
- **NAICS:** 322130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was switching valves on a pump in the recovery boiler area. While en route to the equipment, the employee entered an area where excavation work was being performed and that was flooded with 6 inches of cloudy water. The employee stepped into an inspection port that was waist high and sustained burns to the lower body from a hot water mixture.

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