# Thermal burns  second degree at Delval Equipment Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2025055075` · 5/29/2025 · BRISTOL, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Thermal burns  second degree
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water, liquids nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Valves, nozzles
## Employer
- **Name:** Delval Equipment Corporation
- **Location:** 501 Bath Road, BRISTOL, PENNSYLVANIA, 19007
- **NAICS:** 811412
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing the gauge glass of a boiler while standing on the first rung of a 4-foot ladder. He was loosening a corroded valve when the valve snapped off. Steam and hot water discharged onto the employee's upper body. He was hospitalized with second-degree burns to his face, neck, chest, arms, and hands.

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