# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Tri State Utilities
> OSHA SIR `20171010241` · 10/25/2017 · COLUMBIA, SOUTH 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:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Tri State Utilities
- **Location:** Pershing Rd., COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, 29207
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a bag liner to relieve the water pressure when the bag filled with hot water and ruptured. The hot water covered the employee, causing second degree burns to 40 percent of his body.

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