# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Beech-Nut Nutrition Company
> OSHA SIR `2023031902` · 3/1/2023 · AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Beech-Nut Nutrition Company
- **Location:** One Nutritious Place, AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK, 12010
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning a piece of equipment while standing near a tank that was being sanitized with hot water and chemicals. The tank built up pressure and the water and chemicals struck the employee's back, buttocks, and the back of their legs, resulting in burns.

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