# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Rich Products Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2017032191` · 3/9/2017 · MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Rich Products Corporation
- **Location:** 14847 Fairway Pines Drive, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, 77489
- **NAICS:** 311813
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee working in sanitation was pulling the bucket out of the COP tank and spilled hot water onto herself. The employee suffered second degree burns on the chest, abdomen and legs. Water in the COP tank is circulated by a pump to clean the inside of buckets. The water temperature was approximately 180 degrees and the buckets hold approximately 5 pounds of water.

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