# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at NATIONAL REFRIGERANTS INC
> OSHA SIR `2024099078` · 9/28/2024 · BRIDGETON, NEW JERSEY
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Pressurized kegs and cans
## Employer
- **Name:** NATIONAL REFRIGERANTS INC
- **Location:** 661 KENYON AVE., BRIDGETON, NEW JERSEY, 08302
- **NAICS:** 333415
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee was leak testing 14-ounce refrigerant cans in a hot water bath (130 degrees Fahrenheit) when the cans over-pressurized and splashed hot water onto the employee's arm. The employee sustained burns to their left forearm.

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