# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at IPM Foods
> OSHA SIR `20221110122` · 11/17/2022 · JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Soups, sauces, gravies
- **Secondary source:** Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** IPM Foods
- **Location:** 4260 Capital Circle, JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN, 53546
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were assessing and diagnosing a maintenance problem with a bone broth kettle. While looking at the issue, air pressure was removed from the system and the lower kettle door opened, splashing both employees with boiling broth. Employee 1 sustained thermal burns to the arms and one leg. Employee 2 sustained thermal burns to both legs.

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