# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Smithfield Packaged Meats
> OSHA SIR `2024087630` · 8/19/2024 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Exposure to environmental heat  indoor
- **Source:** Steaming equipment and appliances except fabric presses
- **Secondary source:** Other confined spaces  n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Packaged Meats
- **Location:** 5015 South 33rd Street, OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68107
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trapped inside a walk-in steam oven (smokehouse) when the oven started. The oven had been running for approximately 15 minutes and had reached 175 degrees Fahrenheit. The employee was hospitalized for severe steam burns to their arms, back, and face.

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