# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Techmetals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017043560` · 4/20/2017 · DAYTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Techmetals, Inc.
- **Location:** 345 Springfield Street, DAYTON, OHIO, 45403
- **NAICS:** 332813
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was splashed in the face with hot rinse water (approximately 140 or 150 degrees F) from a hose as he was transferring the rinse water to another tank. The employee was wearing PPE-safety glasses, apron, gloves, steel toed shoes, but no face shield.

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