# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Carlyle Cocoa Co, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20231110852` · 11/27/2023 · SWEDESBORO, NEW JERSEY
## 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:** Food products, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Carlyle Cocoa Co, LLC
- **Location:** 400 Eagle Court, SWEDESBORO, NEW JERSEY, 08085
- **NAICS:** 311351
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hand torch to clear a clog in a cocoa butter deodorizing system. The employee was heating the piping with the torch when pressurized air was introduced into the system causing hot cocoa butter to eject out of the top of the collection vats. The employee's head, neck, back, and extremities were covered in the boiling liquid resulting in second-degree burns that required hospitalization.

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