# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at WestRock Mill Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2024043545` · 4/24/2024 · DEMOPOLIS, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Garbage, recyclables, debris  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** WestRock Mill Company, LLC
- **Location:** 28270 US Hwy 80 W, DEMOPOLIS, ALABAMA, 36732
- **NAICS:** 322130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee removed a floor grate to insert a vacuum hose to unclog the area and stepped into hot waste material, resulting in burns to his legs.

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