# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Thermal Engineering International (USA), Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20191111856` · 11/14/2019 · QUINTON, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Thermal Engineering International (USA), Inc.
- **Location:** 4250 Porter Road, QUINTON, ALABAMA, 35130
- **NAICS:** 332313
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had completed a welding job inside an industrial boiler and was removing a bladder from a water pipe, as the last step, and was outside the confined space when hot water spewed out, causing second and third degree burns to his right hand.

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