# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Tank Trailer Cleaning, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017010412` · 1/13/2017 · EAST SAINT LOUIS, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck and back
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors-nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** Tank Trailer Cleaning, Inc.
- **Location:** 1102 N. First St., EAST SAINT LOUIS, ILLINOIS, 62201
- **NAICS:** 221320
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was prepping a tank trailer for cleaning and received second degree burns to the back and neck from steam.

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