# Thermal burns  second degree at Nixon Medical Uniform Service Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2025010513` · 1/15/2025 · CLEBURNE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s)  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:** Nixon Medical Uniform Service Inc.
- **Location:** 1873 Sparks Drive, CLEBURNE, TEXAS, 76033
- **NAICS:** 812320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was fixing a steam leak from a boiler. He used rope to secure the manhole cover while venting residual steam from the manhole opening. When he released tension on the rope, the manhole cover dropped into the tank and splashed hot water onto the employee. He sustained first- and second-degree burns to his right arm and first-degree burns to his upper chest.

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