# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Darling Ingredients, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023021840` · 2/27/2023 · BYRAM, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
- **Secondary source:** Pliers, tongs
## Employer
- **Name:** Darling Ingredients, Inc.
- **Location:** 1299 Prisock Road, BYRAM, MISSISSIPPI, 39272
- **NAICS:** 311613
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a centrifuge when he dropped a pair of pliers. The pliers struck a valve containing hot water, causing it to it discharge and strike him in the face. The employee sustained second-degree burns to the nose and right cheek.

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