# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Lavelle Industries, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2024075967` · 7/3/2024 · WHITEWATER, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Part of body  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Machinery  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Lavelle Industries, Inc.
- **Location:** 1215 E Universal Blvd., WHITEWATER, WISCONSIN, 53190
- **NAICS:** 326291
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting maintenance on a new machine that overheated, which lead to a failure of a water hose and the hose released hot water and steam. The employee sustained burns and was hospitalized.

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