# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Dairy Farmers of America
> OSHA SIR `2021064845` · 6/14/2021 · HUMMELSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Dairy Farmers of America
- **Location:** 8190 Presidents Drive, HUMMELSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 17036
- **NAICS:** 311514
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was about to kosherize a product line, having just switched a hose from another line after draining the water out of it. When he opened a valve to start the process, 200-degree Fahrenheit water hit him in the left leg and foot, burning him from the thigh down.

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