# Thermal burns  first degree at Krom International
> OSHA SIR `2024021570` · 2/20/2024 · CELINA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  first degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Hoses  except machine
## Employer
- **Name:** Krom International
- **Location:** 441 Grand Lake Rd., CELINA, OHIO, 45822
- **NAICS:** 423930
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was checking the setting on a machine. He was standing next to a hose containing 210-degree water, that was connected to a plastic extruder roller. The hose came loose and the employee was sprayed with hot water, suffering a first-degree burn to the back. He was hospitalized.

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