# Thermal burns  second degree at Goodyear Auto Service Center
> OSHA SIR `2025010464` · 1/14/2025 · WACO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s) and arm(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Antifreeze
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Goodyear Auto Service Center
- **Location:** 5601 Bosque Avenue, WACO, TEXAS, 76710
- **NAICS:** 423990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing a dip test on a vehicle's radiator fluid. He waited 30 minutes for the vehicle to cool and then performed a quarter-turn of the radiator cap. The cap flew off and radiator fluid sprayed on his left hand and forearm, resulting in second-degree burns.

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