# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Cummins Southern Plains
> OSHA SIR `2015021283` · 2/10/2015 · AMARILLO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Cummins Southern Plains
- **Location:** 5224 I 40E, AMARILLO, TEXAS, 79103
- **NAICS:** 811219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was flushing radiator on a truck and when he started to loosen the radiator hose it blew off spraying the employee with hot water.  The employee suffered second degree burns on his right arm and right side.  Accident happened on 2/10/15, but the employee was not admitted to the hospital until 2/11/15.

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