# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at National Development Corporation
> OSHA SIR `20171010314` · 10/27/2017 · PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
## 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:** Steam, vapors, liquids, ice, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Metal pipes, tubing
## Employer
- **Name:** National Development Corporation
- **Location:** 607 Penn Avenue, PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, 15222
- **NAICS:** 531311
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking on a pipe in the bathroom and the pipe broke, causing hot water to come out and burn his arms and chest.

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