# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at K-Bar Services, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015108147` · 10/21/2015 · BOERNE, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple face locations
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Antifreeze
- **Secondary source:** Radiator-vehicle
## Employer
- **Name:** K-Bar Services, Inc.
- **Location:** I-10 at Boerne exit, BOERNE, TEXAS, 78006
- **NAICS:** 213112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A company truck was overheating and an employee removed the radiator cap in an attempt to fix the problem.  As he removed the cap, hot fluids exited the radiator and splashed into the employee's face, burning him.  The employee was hospitalized.

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