# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Western Sugar Cooperative
> OSHA SIR `2021043076` · 4/13/2021 · FORT MORGAN, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck and back
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Beverages, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Western Sugar Cooperative
- **Location:** 18317 CO-144, FORT MORGAN, COLORADO, 80701
- **NAICS:** 311314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing safety filters when a filter that was under pressure sprayed hot juice onto the employee, resulting in burns to the neck and back.

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