# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at PCC AIRFOILS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2022076663` · 7/29/2022 · WICKLIFFE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors-nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** PCC AIRFOILS, INC.
- **Location:** 29501 Clayton Ave, WICKLIFFE, OHIO, 44092
- **NAICS:** 336413
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working with a large pressure vessel. When the lid was opened, the employee was sprayed with 244-degree steam and suffered second- and third-degree burns to the chest and abdomen.

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