# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Swift Beef Omaha
> OSHA SIR `2024032534` · 3/21/2024 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Clamps, couplings
## Employer
- **Name:** Swift Beef Omaha
- **Location:** 3435 Edward Babe Gomez Ave., OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68107
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking through his department when the male threaded stem on the coupling for a hot water hose detached from the supply line, spraying hot water that contacted the employee causing burns to his lower back and buttocks.

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