# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at Burkes Mechanical, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2020021923` · 2/27/2020 · MONROEVILLE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Burkes Mechanical, Inc.
- **Location:** 2379 Lena Landegger Hwy, MONROEVILLE, ALABAMA, 36460
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was changing gaskets on a valve that contained condensate. When the employee opened the pipe/valve, he was sprayed with hot water and sustained first and second degree burns to the back and legs.

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