# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Washington County Cogeneration Facility
> OSHA SIR `2016098624` · 9/12/2016 · MC INTOSH, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Washington County Cogeneration Facility
- **Location:** 1638 Industrial Rd, MC INTOSH, ALABAMA, 36553
- **NAICS:** 926130
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was servicing and performing maintenance on a package boiler when energized thermal energy (high temperature water) breached the employee's boots and caused second-degree burns to the right and left feet.

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