# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Veolia
> OSHA SIR `2016087622` · 8/15/2016 · FREEPORT, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Veolia
- **Location:** 702 FM 523, FREEPORT, TEXAS, 77541
- **NAICS:** 336212
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sitting in a vacuum truck that was next to a tanker trailer containing hot water. The trailer's legs sank into the ground and the tank rolled, allowing water to splash through the driver side of the employee's truck. He suffered second degree burns to his left arm and left leg.

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