# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Futamura USA, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20221110341` · 11/27/2022 · TECUMSEH, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall onto or against object on same level, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Machine platforms
- **Secondary source:** Casting machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Futamura USA, Inc.
- **Location:** 6000 SE 2nd St, TECUMSEH, KANSAS, 66542
- **NAICS:** 325220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was kneeling on the padded work platform of a casting machine, reaching to pull slack out of a film web being re-threaded through the machine. He lost his balance and slipped, and his right hand, wrist, and forearm were burned in the 90  C hot water bath.

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