# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at 3M Company Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017054725` · 5/25/2017 · DECATUR, ALABAMA
## 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:** 3M Company Inc.
- **Location:** 1400 State Docks Rd., DECATUR, ALABAMA, 35601
- **NAICS:** 325998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On 5/25/17, an employee was setting up a tote on a scale when a hose came out of the tote, which was being filled with hot deionized water. The water contacted the employee, causing first and second degree burns on the employee's back and foot.

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