# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at B&G Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023010728` · 1/23/2023 · BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet) and ankle(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Soups, sauces, gravies
- **Secondary source:** Bottles, jugs, flasks
## Employer
- **Name:** B&G Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 443 East 100th Street, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, 11236
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was logging an entry for product weight when she noticed a small crack in one of the jars of sauce. The employee was disposing of the jar when it broke, spilling hot tomato sauce into the top of her left boot. The employee sustained second-and third-degree burns to the left ankle and foot.

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