# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2021119880` · 11/15/2021 · ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s) and arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
- **Secondary source:** Machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
- **Location:** 7201 Hamilton Boulevard, ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 18195
- **NAICS:** 325120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attempting to unclog a relief line that was piled with sediment on a boiler. When he unclogged it, there was a pressure release, and hot water shot out of the line and contacted the employee's left shoulder and arm, resulting in burns.

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