# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Shaw Industries Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021021355` · 2/16/2021 · THOMSON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors-nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** Shaw Industries Inc.
- **Location:** 1990 Warrenton Hwy, THOMSON, GEORGIA, 30824
- **NAICS:** 314110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An electrician was replacing a faulty proximity switch in the communication control panel with a technician standing behind. After the electrician pressed the reset button on the control panel, a solenoid valve opened and released steam that contacted the technician who was hospitalized with burns to the left side of the face and back.

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