# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Applied Materials Solutons, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017109571` · 10/5/2017 · ATLANTA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
- **Secondary source:** Hoses
## Employer
- **Name:** Applied Materials Solutons, Inc.
- **Location:** 1303 Boyd Avenue, NW, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, 30318
- **NAICS:** 325180
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a transfer hose to clean an area with hot water when the hose failed and sprayed the employee, burning the lower torso and thigh.

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