# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at The Cardinal Group USA, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023109172` · 10/4/2023 · NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
- **Secondary source:** Containers-pressurized, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** The Cardinal Group USA, LLC
- **Location:** Moderna Campus 1 Investors' Way, NORWOOD, MASSACHUSETTS, 02062
- **NAICS:** 236220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking when they stepped on a low point drain on a heated water line. The hot water line connected to the drain broke and sprayed 180-degree water onto the employee's lower left back and left side resulting in burns.

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