# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Centauri Technologies
> OSHA SIR `2015118563` · 11/12/2015 · PASADENA, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Chemicals and chemical products, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Centauri Technologies
- **Location:** 5200 Underwood Rd., PASADENA, TEXAS, 77507
- **NAICS:** 325199
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee removed a flexible hose with a coworker. The bleeder valve was inadvertently opened, and hot non-toxic process fluid came out and sprayed the employee's shoulder. He suffered a second degree burn.

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