# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2017032796` · 3/28/2017 · TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## 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:** Steam, vapors, liquids, ice, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** WATERS TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
- **Location:** 177 Robert Treat Paine Drive, TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02780
- **NAICS:** 334516
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a valve end cap that was located on the front of the temperature control skid of a reactor when steam and hot water exited the end of the pipe and caused second degree burns to the employee's left arm, leg, and side of the body.

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