# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Intervet, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022021135` · 2/7/2022 · DE SOTO, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors-nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Heating and cooking machinery and appliances, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Intervet, Inc.
- **Location:** 35500 W. 91st Street, DE SOTO, KANSAS, 66018
- **NAICS:** 325414
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was inspecting an autoclave when steam released and impacted their torso, resulting in burns to their torso that required hospitalization.

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