# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Reynolds Memorial Hospital Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022109483` · 10/28/2022 · GLEN DALE, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Food products, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Mixers, blenders, whippers-food and beverage
## Employer
- **Name:** Reynolds Memorial Hospital Inc.
- **Location:** 800 Wheeling Avenue, GLEN DALE, WEST VIRGINIA, 26038
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was blending hot food. Pressure built up inside the blender, causing food to spray out and burn the employee when the blender was opened.

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