# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Raceland Raw Sugar LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021108946` · 10/17/2021 · RACELAND, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecified
- **Source:** Grates and drains in floor surface
- **Secondary source:** Structures and surfaces, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Raceland Raw Sugar LLC
- **Location:** 175 Mill Street, RACELAND, LOUISIANA, 70394
- **NAICS:** 311311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was washing sugar cane pulp off the floor of a mill area while wearing knee-high rubber boots. The employee stepped onto a floor grate when it shifted, causing him to step into a floor drain with his right leg. Hot water that was in the drain entered the employee's boot, resulting in burns to his ankle and foot.

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