# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Byrne DeWitt
> OSHA SIR `2023054265` · 5/12/2023 · EAST SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Cleaning and polishing agents, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Byrne DeWitt
- **Location:** 6750 West Benedict Road, EAST SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, 13057
- **NAICS:** 311511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was tightening a leaking tri-clover clamp on the pressure relief valve that directs the clean-in-place solution. The relief valve came off and 155-degree F hot caustic solution came out of the opening and struck the employee on the abdomen, resulting in thermal burns.

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