# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Tyson/River Valley Ingredients Forest, MS
> OSHA SIR `2022031901` · 3/1/2022 · FOREST, MISSISSIPPI
## 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:** Steam, vapors-nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson/River Valley Ingredients Forest, MS
- **Location:** 11634 Highway 80 W, FOREST, MISSISSIPPI, 39074
- **NAICS:** 311613
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two maintenance employees were unclogging a hydrolyzer. While one of them was reaching into a portal to remove the clog, a steam pocket released steam through the portal. The other employee suffered first- and second-degree burns to the left arm and the left side of the face.

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