# Thermal burns  second degree at Smithfield Foods
> OSHA SIR `2024042926` · 4/3/2024 · CRETE, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Foods
- **Location:** 2223 Industrial Road, CRETE, NEBRASKA, 68333
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting a pre-operational inspection on the stomach washer. When he opened the door, hot water sprayed onto the right side of his body causing first- and second-degree burns to his neck, shoulder, arm, back, abdomen, and leg.

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