# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Engineered Floors, LLC.
> OSHA SIR `2021098056` · 9/18/2021 · DALTON, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors, liquids, ice, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Engineered Floors, LLC.
- **Location:** 1025 Enterprise Dr, DALTON, GEORGIA, 30721
- **NAICS:** 314110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 18, 2021, at approximately 11:08 PM, a maintenance employee was repairing a heatset tunnel exit roller. The rubberized coating on the exit roller ruptured, blowing pressurized steam and hot water onto the employee. The employee was hospitalized with second and third degree burns to the left arm, abdomen, and back.

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