# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at SCAN AMERICAN CORPATION
> OSHA SIR `20161110674` · 11/14/2016 · KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
- **Secondary source:** Clamps, couplings
## Employer
- **Name:** SCAN AMERICAN CORPATION
- **Location:** 9505 N. Congress, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, 64153
- **NAICS:** 331312
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A clamp came off of a piece of sanitary piping that was holding a check valve in place, allowing hot water to release and spray an employee. The employee suffered burns.

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