# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at BWC Terminals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021109333` · 10/29/2021 · HARVEY, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple lower extremities locations, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors-nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** BWC Terminals, Inc.
- **Location:** 1835-1999 4th Street, HARVEY, LOUISIANA, 70058
- **NAICS:** 493190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee lost his footing and sank into a puddle of water next to a steam condensate line. While he was trying to regain his balance, the end of the return steam condensate line got caught inside his knee-high boot. He suffered first- and second-degree steam burns from below the knee to the toes. The employee was hospitalized.

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