# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at U.S. Energy Development Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019087895` · 8/1/2019 · BRADFORD, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Face, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Energy Development Corporation
- **Location:** 370 Forest Service Rd., BRADFORD, PENNSYLVANIA, 16701
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking on an in-service gas well because the gas had stopped flowing. As hot water ran through the system to melt built-up paraffin, the cap blew off the pipe and the hot water sprayed the employee's face. The employee was hospitalized.

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