# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Milk Specialties Global, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023043400` · 4/17/2023 · MONROE, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Sodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate
- **Secondary source:** Washers, dryers, and cleaning machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Milk Specialties Global, Inc.
- **Location:** 245 11th Street, MONROE, WISCONSIN, 53566
- **NAICS:** 311514
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was investigating a leak in a clean-in-place system. The system sent cleaning solution to a valve that was not connected and the employee was sprayed with the hot water and caustic soda mixture. The employee sustained first and second-degree burns to the abdomen.

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