# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Mosaic-New Wales
> OSHA SIR `2022021039` · 2/3/2022 · MULBERRY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Ditches, channels, trenches, excavations
## Employer
- **Name:** Mosaic-New Wales
- **Location:** 3095 County Road 640, MULBERRY, FLORIDA, 33860
- **NAICS:** 325312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking on the bottom floor of a plant when they stepped into a drainage ditch that contained hot process materials, resulting in second degree burns to his right foot and ankle.

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