# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Brahma Group
> OSHA SIR `2016043370` · 4/22/2016 · DODGE CITY, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors, liquids, ice, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Brahma Group
- **Location:** 3201 W US Hwy 400, DODGE CITY, KANSAS, 67801
- **NAICS:** 237990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning when a valve failure caused hot water and steam to release in the area where he was working. He suffered second degree burns on both hands and was hospitalized.

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