# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Brush Meat Processors
> OSHA SIR `2021042980` · 4/9/2021 · BRUSH, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Brush Meat Processors
- **Location:** 1300 South Railway Street, BRUSH, COLORADO, 80723
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tightening a flange on a hot water pipe. The hot water burst out of the pipe and sprayed him, burning his torso, abdomen, and thigh.

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