# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Royal Canin U.S.A., INC.
> OSHA SIR `2018077473` · 7/24/2018 · LEWISBURG, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors-nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Royal Canin U.S.A., INC.
- **Location:** 6574 State Route 503 North, LEWISBURG, OHIO, 45338
- **NAICS:** 115210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning using a hot water pressure washer. The safety switch on the pressure washer failed causing a release of steam that burned the employee's right arm near the elbow.

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