# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at TAMPA ELECTRIC COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `20191010448` · 10/6/2019 · MULBERRY, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors-nonchemical
## Employer
- **Name:** TAMPA ELECTRIC COMPANY
- **Location:** 9995 State Rd. 37 S., MULBERRY, FLORIDA, 33860
- **NAICS:** 221122
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was replacing seal rings on a valve strainer. After isolating the valve and bleeding off steam, the employee was removing a plate holding the seal ring when water released within the strainer and valve. The water contacted hot metal, which caused it to steam. The steam contacted and burned the employee's stomach and upper legs.

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