# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Kerry Rothschild
> OSHA SIR `20191111832` · 11/13/2019 · ROTHSCHILD, WISCONSIN
## 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:** Kerry Rothschild
- **Location:** 10202 Foremost Drive, ROTHSCHILD, WISCONSIN, 54474
- **NAICS:** 311999
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was disconnecting a 2-inch coupler on a steam line to remove a clog. The coupler had been loosened an hour earlier to release pressure. The employee loosened the coupler further to perform the maintenance and was hit with steam on the right arm and back. He suffered second-degree burns.

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