# Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns at Wellsville Construction Company, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020021819` · 2/24/2020 · WELLSVILLE, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Third or fourth degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
- **Secondary source:** Power washers
## Employer
- **Name:** Wellsville Construction Company, LLC
- **Location:** 43250 Hibbets Mill Road, WELLSVILLE, OHIO, 43968
- **NAICS:** 238390
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was power washing a previous concrete pour to prep for the next pour when he stumbled over the steel mesh that was in place. He then lost control of the power washer wand and the top of his left boot was punctured by the hot water. He sustained second and third degree burns to the foot and was hospitalized.

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