# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at The Scotts Company
> OSHA SIR `20171110592` · 11/3/2017 · MARYSVILLE, OHIO
## 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-nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** The Scotts Company
- **Location:** 14101 Industrial Parkway, MARYSVILLE, OHIO, 43041
- **NAICS:** 325314
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing a steam fitting from a pipe when steam released and burned the employee. The employee sustained second degree burns to both hands and first degree burns to the right ear and abdomen, requiring hospitalization.

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