# Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified at Environmental Air Systems, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021097705` · 9/8/2021 · LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Heat (thermal) burns, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Contact with hot objects or substances
- **Source:** Water
## Employer
- **Name:** Environmental Air Systems, LLC
- **Location:** 2160 State Road, LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, 17601
- **NAICS:** 238210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee had just installed a temporary PVC bypass pipe to flush a system. The pipe was connected to hot water, and the water melted the glue joints on the pipe. Hot water sprayed onto the employee's chest and burned it.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*