# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Empirical Foods
> OSHA SIR `20221210793` · 12/12/2022 · GARDEN CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
## Employer
- **Name:** Empirical Foods
- **Location:** 110 South Jennie Barker Road, GARDEN CITY, KANSAS, 67846
- **NAICS:** 311991
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been pressure washing equipment and the floor using water heated to approximately 200  F. The pressurized stream contacted the employee's rubber boot causing a burn to the top of their foot. The employee was hospitalized.

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