# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at KIBLER SENIOR APARTMENTS
> OSHA SIR `2024032675` · 3/25/2024 · TONAWANDA, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** KIBLER SENIOR APARTMENTS
- **Location:** 284 Main Street, TONAWANDA, NEW YORK, 14150
- **NAICS:** 531110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing a 3/4 inch ball valve in a baseboard heating system using a pipe freezing machine to isolate the system. After the line was frozen, the employee cut out the existing valve and water gushed out of the pipe at 180 degrees Fahrenheit, resulting in burns to their left index finger and knee.

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