# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Rumpke Sanitary Landfill, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020109544` · 10/7/2020 · CINCINNATI, OHIO
## 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:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Rumpke Sanitary Landfill, Inc.
- **Location:** 3800 Struble Rd., CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45251
- **NAICS:** 562212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A contracted employee was brought on site to cap off an HDPE methane gas supply line due to leachate coming through the pipe. Hot leachate (150 degrees F) released from the pipe and struck an employee who was standing 30 feet away. The employee sustained first and second degree burns to the neck, chest, abdomen and arms that required hospitalization.

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