# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at PROCTOR & GAMBLE
> OSHA SIR `2022076701` · 7/31/2022 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## 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
## Employer
- **Name:** PROCTOR & GAMBLE
- **Location:** 169 East Grand Ave, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63147
- **NAICS:** 325611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing maintenance to a clogged 10-inch water line on the sixth floor of a building. The employee poured hot water in the line and then went down to the second floor to open the line. When the employee opened the line, hot water caused second degree burns to his right arm and back.

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