# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Twin County Electric Power Association
> OSHA SIR `2022076171` · 7/14/2022 · INVERNESS, MISSISSIPPI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Petroleum fuels, distillates, and products, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Power lines, transformers, convertors
## Employer
- **Name:** Twin County Electric Power Association
- **Location:** Off 4 Mile Rd., INVERNESS, MISSISSIPPI, 38753
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just changed out a voltage regulator on a power line and was standing at a job truck. The new regulator started spraying hot oil, which caused second-degree burns to the employee's upper body.

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