# Thermal burns  second degree at Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024065229` · 6/13/2024 · HILLSDALE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple upper extremities locations  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
- **Secondary source:** Tanks, bins, vats  except confined space
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.
- **Location:** 28424 38th Ave N, HILLSDALE, ILLINOIS, 61257
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was blowing out hot tallow when the tank overflowed and the employee was hospitalized with second-degree burns to his left arm and elbow.

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