# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO.
> OSHA SIR `2020077081` · 7/28/2020 · TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS
## 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:** COOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO.
- **Location:** 3500 WASHINGTON ST., TEXARKANA, ARKANSAS, 71854
- **NAICS:** 326211
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was overseeing the process of emptying a condensation pit into a relief pit. While observing a pump, hot steam from a condensation tank leaked out onto the employee resulting in first and second degree burns to their back, the backside of both arms, and the backside of both legs.

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