# Thermal burns  third degree or higher at CALVERTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
> OSHA SIR `2025010548` · 1/16/2025 · CALVERTON, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  third degree or higher
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** CALVERTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
- **Location:** 210 PRINCETON BLVD., ROUTE 25, CALVERTON, NEW YORK, 11933
- **NAICS:** 812220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was repairing the hydronic heating system for the building. The employee was standing on a 6-foot ladder to remove a three-way mixing valve from the ceiling pipes and change the valve stem. As the mixing valve was loosened, hot hydronic fluid (water/steam) poured out through the valve stem and splashed onto the employee's skin and clothing. The employee sustained second- and third-degree burns to their chest and stomach. They also sustained first- and second-degree burns on their left hand, arms, and thigh.

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