# Thermal burns  second degree at Clearwater Paper Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2024076637` · 7/22/2024 · ARKANSAS CITY, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple lower extremities locations  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Raw and semi-finished materials and byproducts  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Shoes, socks, footwear
## Employer
- **Name:** Clearwater Paper Corporation
- **Location:** 5082 HWY 4 N, ARKANSAS CITY, ARKANSAS, 71630
- **NAICS:** 322130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On July 22, 2024, at 10:30 AM, an employee was responding to a pulp mill manufacturing process shutdown. Pulp stock overflowed through an engineered overflow pipe resulting in a buildup of stock in a bermed area. The stock was 140 to 150 degrees. The employee went to the bermed area to close an air-actuated process valve. While closing the valve, pulp stock entered the top of his boots and caused second-degree burns to both of his lower legs down to his feet. The employee was hospitalized.

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