# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at S Mechanical, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023032511` · 3/20/2023 · CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** S Mechanical, Inc.
- **Location:** 3030 S. 21st Street, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60623
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On March 20, 2023, an employee was walking beside a foreman carrying a ladder when the ladder struck a pipe, causing the pipe to break and spray the employee with 180-degree water. The employee sustained burns to the right hand, elbow, and stomach.

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