# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at PRECISION INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2017032355` · 3/14/2017 · SAUGET, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** PRECISION INDUSTRIAL MAINTENANCE, INC.
- **Location:** Center Ethanol Plant, SAUGET, ILLINOIS, 62201
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While performing maintenance to a large piece of equipment, an employee burned their back with scalding water that was being used to flush the  equipment.

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