# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Tyson Fresh Meats Inc./ Tyson Hides and Tannery
> OSHA SIR `2024109258` · 10/3/2024 · HOLCOMB, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Industrial vacuums
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Tyson Fresh Meats Inc./ Tyson Hides and Tannery
- **Location:** 3105 N. IBP Road, HOLCOMB, KANSAS, 67851
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a hock vacuum on the harvest floor to clean and sanitize beef when the vacuum suctioned to the employee's abdomen, causing burns to 4% of their abdomen. The employee was hospitalized.

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