# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Seneca Foods Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2021119773` · 11/11/2021 · JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Other jump to lower level, unspecified
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Fruits, nuts, vegetables
## Employer
- **Name:** Seneca Foods Corporation
- **Location:** 418 E. Conde Street, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53546
- **NAICS:** 311421
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was diagnosing an issue on a destoner. The employee went up a set of stairs and climbed onto the equipment. To get down, the employee jumped down onto the 180-degree pre-heat water reservoir cover. When the employee jumped down, his right leg landed on a carrot, which caused part of his right leg to go into a 3-by-3-foot open hatch and into the water below. The employee suffered second degree burns to his lower right leg.

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