# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Crosby Dredging, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2018077277` · 7/19/2018 · WESTWEGO, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, neck, and trunk
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Antifreeze
- **Secondary source:** Vehicle, n.e.c
## Employer
- **Name:** Crosby Dredging, LLC
- **Location:** Bayou Segnette, WESTWEGO, LOUISIANA, 70094
- **NAICS:** 212322
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was removing the cap from a hot radiator. The cap exploded when the employee's wet towel touched it and hot radiator fluid burned the employee's face, neck and torso.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*