# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at SENSIENT COLORS, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021086434` · 8/2/2021 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## 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:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** SENSIENT COLORS, LLC
- **Location:** 2515 North Jefferson Ave., SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63106
- **NAICS:** 311942
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had cleaned a vacuum belt dryer feed tank with steam-heated water, which he then drained out of the tank through the outlet valve at the bottom. When he disconnected the nitrogen supply line on the upper part of the tank, hot water sprayed from the flange for that line and struck the employee. He suffered second-degree burns to his neck, chest, back, legs, and arms, covering about 30 percent of his body. He was hospitalized.

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