# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at KERRY BIOFUNCTIONAL INGREDIENTS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2023109930` · 10/27/2023 · NORWICH, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** KERRY BIOFUNCTIONAL INGREDIENTS, INC.
- **Location:** 158 State Highway 320, NORWICH, NEW YORK, 13815
- **NAICS:** 311514
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing pipe insulation from a hot water line in the hydrolyzed protein alleyway, located approximately 14 feet above ground. The employee was harnessed in the cage of an aerial lift. He was removing insulation from the hot water line when a straw connection malfunctioned and released a stream of 165-degree water. The employee sustained first- and second-degree burns to his chest area, back, and right arm.

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