# Thermal burns  degree unspecified at Caterpillar Inc
> OSHA SIR `2025043234` · 4/8/2025 · GRIFFIN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Part of body  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  degree unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Source, secondary source  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Caterpillar Inc
- **Location:** 560 Rehoboth Road, GRIFFIN, GEORGIA, 30224
- **NAICS:** 333924
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 8, 2025, an employee entered an engine test cell to de-harness an engine and was exposed to hot water resulting in burns and hospitalization.

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