# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Cargill, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024076473` · 7/17/2024 · FORT MORGAN, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), except finger(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Gloves, handguards  except disposable, electric insulating
## Employer
- **Name:** Cargill, Inc
- **Location:** 1505 East Burlington Avenue, FORT MORGAN, COLORADO, 80701
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 17, 2024, an employee was trying to retrieve his knife from the bottom of a sterilizer. Water in the sterilizer, heated to 180 degrees, entered the employee's right glove and burned his palm and the top of his hand. He was hospitalized.

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