# Thermal burns  second degree at RANGEWATER RESIDENTIAL, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2025043630` · 4/18/2025 · SANFORD, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower extremities  n.e.c.
- **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:** RANGEWATER RESIDENTIAL, LLC
- **Location:** 1701 Rinehart Rd., SANFORD, FLORIDA, 32771
- **NAICS:** 531390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was responding to an active leak in an apartment unit at around 18:00 hours. He was working on the water heater and tightened the top element. Pressure and hot water starting to spill out and burned both his hands, his right ankle, and his lower right leg.

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