# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Royalaire Mechanical Services II, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017065839` · 6/26/2017 · CLEARWATER, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Valves, nozzles
- **Secondary source:** Cooling and humidifying machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Royalaire Mechanical Services II, Inc.
- **Location:** 2465 Drew St., CLEARWATER, FLORIDA, 33765
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a pipe on an air handler when a butterfly valve flew off the 120 psi pressurized line and struck his left shoulder, armpit, and chest, causing burn-like injuries.

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