# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Ventra
> OSHA SIR `2022076562` · 7/26/2022 · SANDUSKY, OHIO
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Ventra
- **Location:** 3020 Tiffin Ave, SANDUSKY, OHIO, 44870
- **NAICS:** 336390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 12:45 a.m. on July 26, 2022, an employee was trying to connect an air line to a port behind a vacuum press. A water hose that supplied 190-degree water to the press ruptured at a point about 2 1/2 feet off the floor. It sprayed hot water on the employee, knocking him down and causing second-degree burns from his lower torso down to just below his knees.

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