# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at TYSON FOODS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2025010711` · 1/22/2025 · SEDALIA, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** TYSON FOODS, INC.
- **Location:** 19571 WHITFIELD ROAD, SEDALIA, MISSOURI, 65301
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was watching as a frozen pipe was being thawed using heated water from a tank. Hot water was discharged from the top of the tank and burned the employee's upper body and face.

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