# Thermal burns  second degree at Sanimax USA LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025065881` · 6/20/2025 · GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Fats, oils, cooking greases
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Sanimax USA LLC
- **Location:** 2099 Badgerland Drive, GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN, 54303
- **NAICS:** 311613
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

As an employee was opening an infeed valve. Hot tallow oil in the line above fell back down the pipe and came out of an open pressure relief valve, striking the employee on the thighs. The employee was hospitalized with second-degree burns to his thigh. Another employee sustained burns to their back but they were not hospitalized.

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