# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at KIENSTRA CONCRETE CO.
> OSHA SIR `20211110238` · 11/29/2021 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** KIENSTRA CONCRETE CO.
- **Location:** 755 S. New Ballas Road, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63141
- **NAICS:** 327320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking around a concrete mixer truck when a water line above him failed. Hot water poured onto the employee, who suffered first- and second-degree burns to his right shoulder, the top right side of his back, the top of his right arm, and the back side of his right hand.

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