# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2017054577` · 5/19/2017 · FRANKLINVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Antifreeze
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 1900 Bush Creek Rd, FRANKLINVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, 27248
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

On Friday, May 19, 2017, at approximately 9:48am, an employee was driving her car on her rural delivery route when the car overheated. She parked the vehicle, got out, and attempted to raise the hood when hot antifreeze spewed out of the front grill and burned her from the waist down and on both wrists. She suffered second degree burns and was hospitalized.

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