# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at GENERAL CABLE INDUSTRIES, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020043909` · 4/28/2020 · LINCOLN, RHODE ISLAND
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Second degree heat (thermal) burns
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Steam, vapors-nonchemical
- **Secondary source:** Extruding machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** GENERAL CABLE INDUSTRIES, LLC
- **Location:** 3 Carol Drive, LINCOLN, RHODE ISLAND, 02865
- **NAICS:** 331491
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was operating a continuous vulcanizing line, which extrudes rubber jacketing around a conductor cable and uses an indent printing process to label the cable. The indent printer housing had a steel cap on the side; the employee had just tightened this cap into place and was making adjustments on a panel when steam pressure ejected the cap into his abdomen. The cap knocked the wind out of him and he suffered first- and second-degree burns from the steam. He was hospitalized.

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