# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Abbott Nutrition
> OSHA SIR `2022098450` · 9/24/2022 · COLUMBUS, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
## Employer
- **Name:** Abbott Nutrition
- **Location:** 585 Cleveland Avenue, COLUMBUS, OHIO, 43215
- **NAICS:** 621511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 24, 2022, two employees were cleaning an aseptic processor room. When a stainless steel filter housing lid clamp was removed, sodium hydroxide solution heated to 170 degrees escaped and sprayed out onto the two employees. One of them suffered second-degree burns to the arms and shoulder.

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