# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Saputo USA
> OSHA SIR `2024021143` · 2/6/2024 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), toe(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Saputo USA
- **Location:** 1611 6th Avenue SE, DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 112120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was putting equipment into a machine to be washed. Water from the machine, heated to 178 degrees and under 58 psi, burned both the employee's feet.

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