# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Acme Industrial Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20171010257` · 10/25/2017 · BRONX, NEW YORK
## 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:** Water
- **Secondary source:** Boilers
## Employer
- **Name:** Acme Industrial Inc.
- **Location:** SUNY Maritime College, BRONX, NEW YORK, 10465
- **NAICS:** 811310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was servicing a boiler. After being notified that the boiler system had been depressurized, he removed a plug from a valve on the boiler. Hot sea water then hit him, causing second degree burns to his right arm, right shoulder, neck, and chest.

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