# Thermal burns  first degree at KL Dawson
> OSHA SIR `2024054464` · 5/21/2024 · FAIRMOUNT, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  first degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Antifreeze
- **Secondary source:** Agricultural tractors
## Employer
- **Name:** KL Dawson
- **Location:** Angel Road, FAIRMOUNT, GEORGIA, 30139
- **NAICS:** 113310
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had been skidding wood. They opened the radiator to let some pressure out and hot radiator fluid exploded all over him, causing second-degree burns to his right hand, arm, side, and back. The employee was hospitalized.

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