# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at TAC Summit, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021064446` · 6/1/2021 · SUMMIT, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** TAC Summit, LLC
- **Location:** 7745 W. 59th Street, SUMMIT, ILLINOIS, 60501
- **NAICS:** 811192
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On June 1, 2021, at approximately 5:15 p.m. an employee was cleaning residual material from a tank wagon. When the tank wagon operator opened the meter/pump valves residual rinse water (approximately 200 degrees F) was released from an open hose and splashed onto the employee's legs. The employee was hospitalized for second degree burns on his lower legs.

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