# Thermal burns  second degree at TH Foods Inc
> OSHA SIR `2024099068` · 9/28/2024 · CALEDONIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  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:** Machine guards
## Employer
- **Name:** TH Foods Inc
- **Location:** 7166 Greenlee Road, CALEDONIA, ILLINOIS, 61011
- **NAICS:** 311919
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a honey roaster. The employee loaded a basket of ingredients to lower into the roasting kettle. There was slack in the hoisting chain, and the employee reached around the roaster's plexiglass guard to move the basket into the kettle. The employee was splashed with oil, resulting in second-degree burns to their arm, calf, and abdomen.

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