# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at QUIKRETE
> OSHA SIR `20171111064` · 11/17/2017 · LITHONIA, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Lubricating greases, cutting oils
- **Secondary source:** Industrial vehicle, material hauling and transport-powered, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** QUIKRETE
- **Location:** 2250 STEPHENSON ROAD, LITHONIA, GEORGIA, 30058
- **NAICS:** 327390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was observing a yard horse after replenishing hydraulic fluid to the lift mechanism when overpressure in the fluid reservoir caused a hot fluid spill. The fluid contacted the employee, causing thermal skin burns to the face and abdomen.

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