# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at JBS Souderton, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023098895` · 9/26/2023 · SOUDERTON, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple upper extremities locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Animal and plant byproducts, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** JBS Souderton, Inc.
- **Location:** 741 Souder Rd, SOUDERTON, PENNSYLVANIA, 18964
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was blowing steam into the lines of a tank to unclog them when the sediment tank overflowed. The employee sustained second degree burns on their right arm from the wrist to the elbow, and sustained second degree burns on their left arm from the wrist to the shoulder.

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