# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Martin Peterson Company, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022043543` · 4/25/2022 · WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Martin Peterson Company, Inc.
- **Location:** 1324 N Sheridan Road, WAUKEGAN, ILLINOIS, 60085
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on a ball valve for a hot water line. The employee unscrewed a pipe and was sprayed with hot water, resulting in burns to his arms, shoulders, and torso.

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