# Thermal burns  second degree at Rheogistics LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024043237` · 4/13/2024 · PICAYUNE, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Wax
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Rheogistics LLC
- **Location:** 100 Polymer Drive, PICAYUNE, MISSISSIPPI, 39466
- **NAICS:** 325211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was mixing up a batch of product when an enhanced reaction occurred that created a wax byproduct. The wax spilled out of the tank and contacted the employee's arm and ribcage, resulting in second-degree burns.

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