# Second degree heat (thermal) burns at AZZ Galvanizing - Rockford LLC
> OSHA SIR `2020076537` · 7/13/2020 · ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
## 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:** AZZ Galvanizing - Rockford LLC
- **Location:** 1925 Kishwaukee St., ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, 61104
- **NAICS:** 332812
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was adjusting product placement in the finished part container, which sits on the end of the quench tank. Water splashed out of the tank and landed on the employee causing second degree burns to the left arm and hand and the left side of the torso.

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