# Fractures and burns at Associate Mechanical Contractors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018055037` · 5/23/2018 · SAN JACINTO, CALIFORNIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures and burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by discharged object or substance
- **Source:** Steam, vapors-nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** Associate Mechanical Contractors, Inc.
- **Location:** 22777 Soboba Road, SAN JACINTO, CALIFORNIA, 92583
- **NAICS:** 238990
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was tightening a coupling on a piping system that was under pressure. The coupling failed and the air pressure released and steam contacted the employee. The employee suffered stomach and facial burns and fractures.

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