# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Yates Bleachery Company
> OSHA SIR `20191111427` · 11/1/2019 · FLINTSTONE, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(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:** Yates Bleachery Company
- **Location:** 503 Flintstone Road, FLINTSTONE, GEORGIA, 30725
- **NAICS:** 313310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was cleaning a forklift engine with a pressure washer when the nozzle tip came off and steam released. He suffered a laceration and burns to his hand.

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