# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at RMC Mechanical Contractors
> OSHA SIR `2023032099` · 3/7/2023 · TROY, ALABAMA
## 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:** Steam, vapors-nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Forklift, order picker, platform truck-powered
## Employer
- **Name:** RMC Mechanical Contractors
- **Location:** Sanders Lead, TROY, ALABAMA, 36079
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employees were trying to set a 25-foot ladder beside a furnace. They could not get it into place on their first attempt, so they moved the telescoping forklift they were using to another position. During the second attempt, the boom/forks caught on a valve/pipe on a steam-containing cooling line. The motion of the lift broke the line; steam was released, causing second-degree burns to one employee's right forearm, right thigh, stomach, and abdomen.

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