# Thermal burns  second degree at Bergey's Electric Inc
> OSHA SIR `2025010814` · 1/25/2025 · HATFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk and other upper extremities
- **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:** Bergey's Electric Inc
- **Location:** 547 Forty Foot Road, HATFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA, 19440
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing a temperature probe on a water pipe. When he released the clamp on the pipe, hot water shot out, causing second-degree burns to his chest and both wrists.

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