# Thermal burns  second degree at G.A. Wintzer and Son Company
> OSHA SIR `2024099124` · 9/30/2024 · WAPAKONETA, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the back  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** G.A. Wintzer and Son Company
- **Location:** 12279 County Road 25A, WAPAKONETA, OHIO, 45895
- **NAICS:** 311613
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was heating up the barrel washer water when the water starting splashing out of the tank and down his back, causing second-degree burns.

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