# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Flotech, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018010564` · 1/17/2018 · PALATKA, FLORIDA
## 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:** Boilers
## Employer
- **Name:** Flotech, Inc.
- **Location:** Georgia Pacific, PALATKA, FLORIDA, 32177
- **NAICS:** 332911
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was testing a safety valve when the pressure in the steam tank (part of the recovery boiler) caused the safety valve to release a mixture of condensate and steam, spraying hot water through the discharge piping. He suffered second and/or third degree burns to both of his forearms, the left side of his abdomen, and the left side of his hip, requiring hospitalization.

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