# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at SP Fiber Technologies Southeast, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2015053071` · 5/21/2015 · DUBLIN, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Pressurized water-blast
## Employer
- **Name:** SP Fiber Technologies Southeast, LLC
- **Location:** 709 Papermill Road, DUBLIN, GEORGIA, 31027
- **NAICS:** 322121
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing out a gasket on the discharge side of the power boiler feed water pump.  Hot water (200+ degrees) released from the pipe and burned the employee's shoulder, chest, and stomach, requiring hospitalization.

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