# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Burkes Mechanical, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2019099342` · 9/9/2019 · BRENT, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Liquids, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Burkes Mechanical, Inc.
- **Location:** #2 Industrial Road, BRENT, ALABAMA, 35034
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A maintenance employee had just tightened a bolt. A second employee then put a wrench on it to check it. As the second employee was applying pressure to the wrench, a valve which controls the flow from the degreaser to the washer opened slightly. The injured employee was sprayed by 200-degree stock. He sustained third degree burns to both hands and second degree burns to his back.

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