# Thermal burns  second degree at Wait Mechanical, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024010077` · 1/4/2024 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Boilers
## Employer
- **Name:** Wait Mechanical, Inc.
- **Location:** 1590 Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75234
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working on installing a rental boiler when the storage tank got extremely hot. The pressure rose and the line broke, causing pressurized hot water to spray onto the employee causing second-degree burns to approximately 63% of his body.

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