# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at NG Companies
> OSHA SIR `2021076284` · 7/28/2021 · FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** NG Companies
- **Location:** 8220 Bragg Blvd, FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, 28301
- **NAICS:** 238910
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On July 28, 2021, an NG Companies employee was about to transfer mud to a bore pit. He had put the hydro excavation truck in position for the debris transfer and prepared it. When he opened a knife valve, hot water sprayed through the flange onto him, causing second-degree burns to his face, right arm, and right hand; a third-degree burn to part of the right arm; and a broken collarbone. He was hospitalized.

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