# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Transwaste Services, LLC
> OSHA SIR `20191111874` · 11/14/2019 · AMERICUS, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forehead
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Lubricating greases, cutting oils
## Employer
- **Name:** Transwaste Services, LLC
- **Location:** 361 McMath Mill Rd., AMERICUS, GEORGIA, 31719
- **NAICS:** 562111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trying to remove a damaged hydraulic hose on a roll-off truck. The employee was using a wrench and heat to loosen a tight connection.  When the connection loosened, residual hot hydraulic fluid in the line leaked on the employee's forehead, burning it. The employee was hospitalized.

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