# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at IPR South Central
> OSHA SIR `2018010425` · 1/13/2018 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## 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
- **Secondary source:** Pipes, ducts, tubing, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** IPR South Central
- **Location:** 714 Detering St., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77007
- **NAICS:** 237110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was installing a new pipe/liner when he made a cut in the liner and hot water splashed on him. He was hospitalized with second degree burns to the arms and torso.

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